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2020 Chinon, Rouge, Les Charmes, Charles Joguet, Loire

  • Red
  • Dry
  • Medium Bodied
  • Cabernet Franc
Ready - youthful
Product: 20208177278
2020 Chinon, Rouge, Les Charmes, Charles Joguet, Loire

Description

Les Charmes vineyard sits on a layer of clay that stretches roughly to one metre deep. It has a lovely, delicate perfume on the nose, full of violets, strawberries and raspberries, alongside a great freshness that’s rarely encountered in Chinon. Precise fruit purity balances with crunchy strawberries and wet stone on the palate.

This cuvée undergoes seven to eight months’ ageing in neutral old oak, which helps it retain its freshness and fruit purity. It’s a stunning Chinon, and you may find it difficult to drink just one glass.

Drink 2024 - 2035

Yoan Bernard, Fine Wine Buyer, Berry Bros. & Rudd (September 2024)

Colour Red
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2020
Maturity Ready - youthful
Grape List Cabernet Franc
Body Medium Bodied
Producer Charles Joguet

About this wine

Cabernet Franc

Cabernet Franc is widely planted in Bordeaux and is the most important black grape grown in the Loire. In the Médoc it may constitute up to 15% of a typical vineyard - it is always blended with Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot and is used to add bouquet and complexity to the wines. It is more widely used in St.Emilion where it adapts well to the cooler and moister clay soils - Cheval Blanc is the most famous Cabernet Franc wine in the world, with the final blend consisting of up to 65% of the grape.
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Chinon

Chinon

Chinon is an important Cabernet Franc appellation that, at around 2,500 hectares, represents a slightly larger zone than its neighbour Bourgueil. Part of the appellation possesses light, sandy gravel soils to give an easy drinking style, while the remainder is blessed with a tuffeau subsoil from which the wines draw a finer structure and longevity. Neither style approaches the fullness of Bourgueil.
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