Joguet, Chinon Varennes Grand Clos Brut Zero This was a massive tasting

This was a massive tasting with the team at Clos du Caillou and we went through each of their cuvees going back more than a decade

and powerful wine that’s loaded with notions of ripe strawberries

The highly refined and punchy middle weight flavors possess a lovely sense of minerality before delivering fine length on the slightly lean

this is already beautiful in your glass

Trying to handle so many sites needing so much selection in so short a time “was close to the limit

Joguet, Chinon Varennes Grand Clos Brut Zero This was a massive tastingFrom a plot of ungrafted vines that were selected out of the old material planted at Les Varennes, and harvested and bottled sooner than the regular cuvee, a 2005 Chinon Les Varennes du Grand Clos Franc de Pied displays a singular clarity as well as a flattering creaminess of texture to go along with its fresh fruitedness. Palate staining blackberry and cassis fruit wreathed in herbs and flowers and studded with pungent citrus zest combine for a