Cognard-Taluau St Nicolas de Bourgueil Les Malgagnes 2001

Cognard-Taluau St Nicolas de Bourgueil Les Malgagnes 2001: A lovely, pure, quite homogenous and moderately deep colour. A very typical nose, showing aromas of baked raspberry, raspberry leaf and green peppercorns, a characteristic of Cabernet Franc just hovering on the edge of ripeness I think. Medium bodied, fairly reserved at first, but then coming out with a light, oily-silky texture married with a hard, minerally, charcoal background. Lovely, seamless presence through the to the finish, though, where there are plenty of stalky tannins. I like this, and I think it will improve in the short term. 16.5+/20 (27/3/06)