tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35133966.post5097606225535507066..comments2023-10-12T11:00:35.978+02:00Comments on Sharon's Wine Blog: I Heart AugéSharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04467341630668960380noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35133966.post-83621999817778018552007-08-23T14:35:00.000+02:002007-08-23T14:35:00.000+02:00Prieurs wines are indeed lovely! Even the red ones...Prieurs wines are indeed lovely! Even the red ones, imho. I opened a bottle of 2004 yesterdag evening, a far better Pinot Noir than I had exptected.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35133966.post-52986657996834330822007-06-13T13:37:00.000+02:002007-06-13T13:37:00.000+02:00Yes! I did a complete lineup of them in April.Here...Yes! I did a complete lineup of them in April.<BR/><BR/>Here's what I posted on eBob:<BR/><BR/>Joguet's Chinons are the picture of elegant, well-made, and terroir-expressing wines.<BR/><BR/>2005 Clos de la Plante Martin - This white falls under the "Touraine" appellation. It's a delicious, floral and unripe-exotic-fruit chenin blanc, with just a hint of oak lurking behind it. Surprisingly full-bodied and elegant.<BR/><BR/>2005 Cuvée Terroir - This is the entry-level Chinon. Already a pleasing, round and nicely-made wine, it wasn't until we moved on to the next one that I saw how it kind of hid its "Chinon-ness" behind a more level-handed red table wine approach.<BR/><BR/>2004 Les Petites Roches - Ah! There's the underbrush and green-ness. Mouth-filling, testy, old-school Chinon, with a little extra polish. I loved this.<BR/><BR/>2005 Les Petites Roches - More smooth than the precedent, and actually I liked it less, because it seemed less rooted in its particular soil and region.<BR/><BR/>2004 Clos de la Cure - Vines grown in a gravelly parcel, and you can taste that. The northern exposure makes it somewhat richer. A nice transition between the entry-level wines and the longer-guard ones.<BR/><BR/>2004 Les Varennes du Grand Clos - This is the grafted part of the Varennes. A stately Chinon, with smooth cabernet franc and violets and blackberries. I was curious to see how this would compare with the franc de pied.<BR/><BR/>2004 Les Varennes du Grand Clos Franc de pied - From the same parcel as above, but from ungrafted vines (which are currently dying from the phylloxera louse; I believe 2005 will be the last of this wine). Similar in style to the grafted version, it had nonetheless a somewhat more "rafleux," tannic side to it, with more spicy verve than the grafted version. (Yet somehow I liked the smoothness of the grafted version, too.)<BR/><BR/>2004 Clos du Chêne Vert - Mmm, quite a hedonistic cuvée. Dense and suave, classic, with just a tiny touch of the Chinon mossy undergrowth at the end, like a crooner's wink at the end of his song.<BR/><BR/>2004 Clos de la Dioterie - Just when I thought I'd found my favorite Chinon, we reached the top of their lineup, and I was impressed. Unctuous fruits and smooth tannins, elegance.<BR/><BR/>2001 Clos de la Dioterie - And here, we were tasting a smoothed-out version of the previous. Full and lush, with six years now and well-rounded. Not as "Chinon" as some of the others (with the mixed reception that might imply), but proud and full-bodied cabernet franc.<BR/><BR/>To finish the tasting off, we tasted the new cuvée, which is a sweet chenin-based wine (I didn't note the name). The 2005 was young and floral, but maybe too primary for my tastes. But this was a first-time experiment and a very young wine, so they may get more refined with age.<BR/><BR/>In any case, in tasting the reds, I was reminded of what is best in the classic Chinon style, across the gamut. Really well-made wines, here, from Joguet.Sharonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04467341630668960380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35133966.post-8625329356343552152007-06-11T23:34:00.000+02:002007-06-11T23:34:00.000+02:00I'm looking to try some Chinon's, there were a cou...I'm looking to try some Chinon's, there were a couple Kermit Lynch selections that caught my eye...<BR/><BR/>Have you had any Joguet wines?peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11911250599630752068noreply@blogger.com