Charles Joguet | Loire | Les Varennes du Grand Clos AOC | 2019 | 750ml | bio

Beschreibung

Product description for Charles Joguet Les Varennes du Grand Clos AOC 2019 (bio)

On the palate, this is a juicy wine with polished tannins, with a few green notes typical of the vintage, but not overpowering. After eleven years of aging, there is still an impressive amount of youthful tannin. The fruit is reminiscent of raspberries, cherries, and blackberries, combined with a hint of tomato and bell pepper.

Wine Information

Les Varennes du Grand Clos is a vineyard located between the left bank of the Vienne and the Clos de la Dioterie. The fairly flat vineyard is partly sandy-loamy, partly sandy-gravelly over limestone. Some of the vines were newly planted between 1962 and 1976, but some are 40 years older. The Cabernet Franc from Les Varennes du Grand Clos undergoes a cool pre-fermentation for ten days at 10°C. The mash fermentation in wooden vats lasts around four weeks at a maximum temperature of 21°C. Once alcoholic fermentation is complete, the first-run wines and the best press wines are blended for malolactic fermentation. The French oak barrels are partially replaced each year, so that around a fifth of the barrels are new and one- to four-year-old. The vintages then mature for 15 to 16 months in wood, a further six months in tanks for harmonization, and then are bottled.

Colour

Deep, slightly transparent garnet red

Nose

The Les Varennes du Grand Clos 2019 impresses from the outset with its very clear, unadulterated Cabernet fruit. It aromas of juicy red berries, blackcurrant and bell peppers, tomato leaves, herbs, and a hint of blond tobacco.

Palate

On the palate, chewy, almost biting tannins – this cru is so young – are found alongside a clear acidity structure. The Chinon appears straightforward, stringent, and possesses a beautiful depth of fruit on the palate with a very light extract sweetness. It’s already excellent with meat, but it’s still a bit too young as a solo wine.

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Vinous

Score: 91

The 2019 Les Varennes du Grand Clos is starting to mellow with an extra year in bottle since I last tasted. It continues to have its soft, welcoming opening, with attractive, pure aromatics: plenty of sweet black fruit and violet alongside a lightly spiced character derived from a small amount of oak. It remains lifted, bright and fresh, with a little pinch of tannins on finish. It continues to exude primary fruit and youthful sass and would benefit from extra time in bottle.
— Rebecca Gibb MW
Drinking window: 2024 – 2030
Review date: Jan 2024

Producer website: https://www.charlesjoguet.com/