2021 Chinon, Rouge, Clos du Noyer, Domaine Grosbois, Loire

Colour Red

Sweetness Dry

Vintage 2021

Maturity Ready - at best

Grape List Cabernet Franc

Body Medium Bodied

Producer Domaine Grosbois Chinon

Critics reviews

Rebecca Gibb MW 91/100

The 2021 Clos du Noyer is fresh and precise and sports an athletic finish. It has depth and substance and a fine texture. Compared with the richer, riper 2020, it has a vibrant lift and freshness; there's a nervousness about this wine compared to the estate's main Gabare cuvee, which is more relaxed in its personality. The Grosbois brothers put this down to the vines going straight into the yellow limestone for this plot, which provides an edgy, chalky tannic character.Drink 2024 - 2034Rebecca Gibb MW, Vinous.com.com (January 2024)

Drink 2024 - 2034

Rebecca Gibb MW, Vinous.com (Jan 2024)

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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