Charles Joguet - Clos de la Plante Martin 2016

Bettane & Desseauve

About the wine:

Accents of white flowers, straightforward and saline on the palate.

About the domain :

For Anne-Charlotte Genet, the quest for perfectly harmonious, uncluttered tannins is the guarantee of wines capable of being good young and good old. The result is seductive wines, embodying charm, complexity, sensuality and great refinement. With a rare intelligence in her understanding of vines and wine, this is Chinon at its very best.

RVF - La Revue du Vin de France / Guide des Meilleurs Vins de France

About the wine:

A chenin harvested at just the right ripeness, finely toasted, with an exotic, gourmet touch. Good, clean, sapid and highly digestible.

About the domain :

Founded in 1957 by Charles Joguet in Sazilly, on the left bank of the Vienne, this estate has returned to the top of the Chinon appellation, a consecration for the team in charge of vinification and the vines, chosen by owner Jacques Genet. They work to a high level of excellence, given the size of the estate. Above all, the winemakers have revived a vibrant spirit of freshness in the great Cabernets, which have the unique feature of being born facing north-east. Few estates in the Loire boast such unmissable grands cuvées: Clos de la Dioterie (2 hectares of octogenarian vines on clay-limestone soils, northeast exposure, in Sazilly), Clos du Chêne Vert (2 hectares in the town of Chinon, southwest, steep slope, clay-limestone and flint clay), Les Varennes du Grand Clos (4.5 hectares in Sazilly) aged eighteen months in barrel, then ten months in bottle before release. As for the entry-level cuvées, they manage to make cabernet franc consensual and fine, without losing the origin of the place. That's great quality! These modern Cabernet Francs, both fine and deep, manage to achieve the tour de force of retaining their digestible character, like the 2019, 2020 and now 2021, among the most ambitious in the Loire!

Wine Spectator

Wine Enthusiast

About the wine:

This dry, spicy wine has typical Chenin Blanc hazelnut aromas crossed by intense acidity. Its freshness blends with the richness and amplitude of this wine, tightly wound with minerality and aromas of apple and sliced citrus fruit.

Le Figaro vins

About the wine:

What a superb wine! Chinon blanc, an appellation overshadowed by the numerical dominance of reds, yet deserving of the greatest interest, as this vintage demonstrates with ease, with subtle notes of toasted hazelnut, citrus and peach resting on a mineral base. The palate is precise, remarkably lively and long-lasting. A must-try.