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Domaine de la Chevalerie (Bourgueil) 2005

Regular readers know that I dote on Loire red wines.Their forward fruit and bright acidity make them a perfect match for the French bistro mealsof which I am inordinately fond. This Chevalerie was perfect with steak frites tonight, but it also is a rather serious wine by Loire standards. It has heft and depth. Cherries, blackberries, a somewhat meaty/gamy note,and minerals on the finish.

I hesitate to say this, because some will take it the wrong way, but the chief flavor association it brought to mind was a cherry flavored cough syrup my mom gave me as a kid. But in a very good way!

It is delicious to drink now, but I think I’ll give the other bottle in my cellar a few more years of bottle age before opening it. Maybe 2012?

Grade: B++