Chinon Les Charmes 2012 - Charles Joguet

Chinon Les Charmes 2012 - Charles Joguet

Loire - Chinon 

- Organic Agriculture

- Cabernet Franc - 13.5% vol.

- Les Charmes is a plot selection from vines located on the left bank of the Vienne, on the heights of Anché, a neighbouring commune of Sazilly. The Cabernet Franc vines are 35 years old and the terroir is clay-limestone, facing north. Vinified in wooden vats and aged for 6 months in French oak barrels, Les Charmes is a straightforward, crisp and fruity wine.

- This new cuvée reveals an assertive character with elegant tannins and aromas of great freshness. 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 complete. The malolactic fermentation takes place in barrels of 3-4 wines, once this is completed the wine continues its maturation in truncated wooden vats for 6 to 8 months, to reveal the subtle aromas of red fruits of this cuvée of good keeping.