Charles Joguet, Chinon Varennes du Grand Clos, 2010 so101625 spain offer Now revealing its promised complexity

Now revealing its promised complexity with significant aging potential remaining

A wine of radical authenticity from a grower who lets terroir speak without mediation

and graphite

fermented in old cement vats and raised in barrel

A long infusion of fruits

Charles Joguet, Chinon Varennes du Grand Clos, 2010 so101625 spain offer Now revealing its promised complexityCharles Joguet changed Chinon forever by treating Cabernet Franc the way Burgundians treat Pinot, bottling each terroir on its own. Varennes du Grand Clos is a prized gravel and clay parcel near the river that gives a generous yet structured wine, one of the domaine's most complete. Dark and intense in youth, it asks for cellar time. The 2010 was a firm, age worthy vintage; at well over a decade on it is now mature, layered, and drinking beautifully.