Chinon Les Charmes, Charles Joguet - 2018

Provenance: Loire
Appellation: Chinon
Domain: Charles Joguet
Grape variety(ies): Cabernet franc
On-call time: 10 years
Alcohol degree: 14%

With this aptly named Chinon Les Charmes, the estate is aiming above all for elegance and delicacy of texture, with a wine that is already "pinot", opening with very beautiful and rare notes of peony and violet. But its delicacy is not thinness, you should know that! A real classy Chinon, accessible in many ways but also serious, to drink or to keep (5 to 10 years). RVF : 92/100 ; Wine Spectator : 91/100 ; Wine Advocate : 92/100

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Technique

Viticulture

Les Charmes is made from a selection of 35 year old vines on clay-limestone soil in the commune of Anché, on the left bank of the Vienne. Average yield of 40 hl/ha.

Oenology

Cold skin maceration for 5 days. Vatting lasts more than 15 days at temperatures of 24° to 26°C. Free-run wines are blended with press wines if they are of good quality, as soon as the alcoholic fermentation is finished. The malolactic fermentation takes place in barrels of 3-4 wines, once this is completed the wine continues its maturation in wooden truncated vats for 6 to 8 months, to reveal the subtle aromas of red fruits of this cuvée of good keeping.