(2013) Inky purple in colour and immediately seducing with its deep well of fruit, this is 100% Cabernet Franc from the Loire Valley and the biodynamic certified Domaine de la Chevalerie. The little lift of aromatic herbs and caraway seed is lovely over the creamy and ripe red and black berries. On the palate the silky texture and sweet ripeness of the fruit is delicious, licked with liquorice, a tart nip of plum skin acidity, and the typical Cab Franc sense of leanness into the finish, the roughening grip of tannins adding lots of savoury appeal to the creamy fruit openness.