Charles Joguet, Chinon Varennes du Grand Clos, 2010 so101625 spain offer Broadside's version is dialed in

Broadside's version is dialed in and delicious

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

Now revealing its promised complexity with significant aging potential remaining

fermented in old cement vats and raised in barrel

Les Agulles — "the needles" — is a tribute to her grandmother Mariona

Charles Joguet, Chinon Varennes du Grand Clos, 2010 so101625 spain offer Broadside's version is dialed inCharles 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.