
Technical Details
Blend | Cabernet Franc |
Winemaker | Kevin Fontaine |
Country | France |
Region | Loire Valley |
Appellation | Chinon |
Vineyard | Les Charmes |
Farming Method | Certified Organic |
Aging/Cooperage | 7 months ini 4-5 year old barrels |
Alcohol | 14 |
Domaine Charles Joguet Chinon les Charmes 2018
Other Reds | France
$39.95 $60.00 - 750mL
The KING of Cab Franc in the Loire, Domaine Charles Joguet is a star, discovered by Kermit in the late 70s. We are BLESSED and ultra-stoked to have a few cases for you (and us!).
This bottling of Cabernet Franc is very rarely seen outside of Europe and the quality, complexity and finesse are stunning. We are guilty of opening this far too young as their true glory lies ahead in the cellar, but boy is it tasty now!
Technical Details
Blend | Cabernet Franc |
Winemaker | Kevin Fontaine |
Country | France |
Region | Loire Valley |
Appellation | Chinon |
Vineyard | Les Charmes |
Farming Method | Certified Organic |
Aging/Cooperage | 7 months ini 4-5 year old barrels |
Alcohol | 14% |
About The Producer
Reviews
Robert Parker Wine's Advocate
The 2018 Chinon Les Charmes is from a selection of north-facing parcels with 35-year-old vines on clay-limestone located on the left bank of the Vienne, on the heights of Anché, a neighboring commune of Sazilly. Vinified in wooden vats and aged for six months in French oak barrels, Les Charmes offers a pure, intense and fresh bouquet of perfectly ripe black berries intertwined with spicy notes of crushed stones and a dash of lemon juice. Silky, fresh and refined on the palate, this is an elegant, juicy and intense Cabernet Franc with a dense black berry texture, fine and ripe tannins and lingering mineral acidity. The wine is tight and tensioned and leaves the palate hardly and with great intensity. This is an excellent Chinon for now and a decade or more. Tasted in June 2021.
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