Terre à Terre Crayères Cabernet Franc Shiraz 2021 chateau-cheval-blanc Plenty of rich plummy fruit

Plenty of rich plummy fruit with notes of black berries and cassis

but the best Cote de Beaune vineyards were kept in the family by Georges Lochardet

and gunflint

Expands and contracts as a living and breathing wine

Opening with dense blackberry/boysenberry fruit and a black olive savouriness the aromas then shift to reveal lifted qualities of purple florals and fragrant sweet spice

Terre à Terre Crayères Cabernet Franc Shiraz 2021 chateau-cheval-blanc Plenty of rich plummy fruitA mixture of red to blackcurrant and red liquorice scents greets the nose with dusty cedar, spicy tobacco and black olive notes also evident. On the elegant medium bodied palate theres good richness to the red and blackcurrant fruits which mix with red liquorice, earthy tobacco, graphite and spicy cedar characters along the way. Dryish finish with firmly built tannins providing some chalky grip. Concludes long, refined and sturdy. Cellar 6 8 years.