Chinon Les Varennes du Grand Clos 2010 - Charles Joguet

Chinon Les Varennes du Grand Clos 2010 - Charles Joguet

Loire - Chinon 

- Organic Agriculture

- Cabernet Franc - 13.5% vol.

- Grape variety : 100% cabernet franc

- At the foot of the gravelly terrace, partly formed by the erosion of the limestone hillside, this very special silico-clay and silico-limestone terroir is located on the left bank of the Vienne, in Sazilly. These three and a half hectares of vines planted between 1962 and 1976 have an average yield of 40 hl/ha.

Cold pre-fermentation maceration (10°C) for 10 days, a minimum of 4 weeks vatting time, vinification temperatures below 21°C and a lot of well-adapted pumping over (watering of the cap of marc) and punching down (cap of marc formed in the upper part of the vat pushed into the liquid part) are necessary to reveal the complexity of this cuvée. At the end of the alcoholic fermentation, free-run wines and the best press wines are blended for malolactic fermentation in barrels. The French oak barrels that accompany the maturation of Varennes du Grand Clos are partially renewed each year to obtain a melted and integrated maturation. The barrel stock is composed of a few new barrels and barrels of 1 to 4 wines. This cuvée continues its maturation in our cellars, in oak barrels for 15 to 16 months depending on the vintage. After racking and the final blending between the barrels, Les Varennes du Grand Clos will be matured and refined for 6 months in vats, before being bottled and marketed. Long-keeping wines, the Varennes nevertheless assert themselves from their youth by their finesse and elegance.