2022 Plouzeau Chinon Rive Gauche Vive le Chenin [JG93]

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2022 Plouzeau Chinon Rive Gauche Vive le Chenin [JG93]Producer: Chateau de la Bonneliere Region: Chinon, Touraine, Loire, France Varietal: Chenin Blanc Year: 2021 John Gilman, 93 Points "Marc Plouzeaus 2022 Chinon Blanc "Vive le Chenin" is an outstanding example of this top flight vintage. The bouquet is bright and youthfully complex, hopping from the glass in a blend of quince, tart orange, chalky soil tones, lanolin, citrus peel and a touch of orange blossom in the upper register. On the palate the

No malo due to the very low pH (between 3

How do we extract such complexity from simple raw materials

Pinot Noir lots

"Woolsey Road benefits from two pillars of the Chardonnay world: it originates from the Hyde family's cuttings of Old Wente and is farmed by the third and fourth generations of the Martinelli family

but it certainly delivers the tried-and-true profile long-time fans will expect

with beautiful citrus

dark side (think Darth Vader) and the enormous brightness of the stone fruit (think Luke Skywalker) makes this astonishing riesling Spatlese extremely compelling

denoting contained ripeness

Varietal: Monastrell

more so than expected from the Rosso category

of which a very small percentage is made into rosé

Producer: Chateau de Saint Cosme

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