DaleW wrote:

> Wednesday I had leftovers, along with the 2005 Catherine et Pierre
> Breton "Trinch!" Bourgueil. Ripe blackcurrant and black cherry fruit,
> some earth, tobacco leaf, and herbs. There's a bit of this aroma I
> think of as "potted plant", though I'm so flora-challenged I have
> trouble isolating it. Pleasant and very distinctive, maybe I need to
> sniff through Betsy's garden (I tend to get from mostly Loire reds,
> though not always CF- sometimes gamay). Some haven't liked this
> vintage of Trinch!- the $%^# with them.
> I'll be getting more. B+

Thanks for the notes, Dale. I last had the Trinch! at Xmas, and thought
that it was quite lovely, striking a good balance between the herbal and
fruity side of CF. However, I haven't had many previous vintages, so
perhaps I just don't understand how good it was in '02 or something.

Mark Lipton
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