Charles Joguet, Cabernet Franc "Cuvée Terroir" Chinon, Loire Valley, France 2023 sustainable Few of California’s young winemakers

Few of California’s young winemakers possess the regional mastery that is illustrated by the work of Justin Willett

exposure: south-east

planted in 1969 and 1999

It also features floral nuances (honeysuckle)

pear pulp and juicy oranges

Charles Joguet, Cabernet Franc "Cuvée Terroir" Chinon, Loire Valley, France 2023 sustainable Few of California’s young winemakers100% Cabernet Franc from vines planted in the 1930s. Les Petites Roches, with its predominantly clay and moderately chalky hillsides and plateaux, offers wines with red fruit aromas with a nice mineral structure, to be enjoyed within five years of the vintage. A young, peppery nose with tart red currant aromas that practically jump out of the glass. On the palate, the fruit follows through to a spicy, astonishingly lengthy finish. A satisfying match