Charles Joguet

Les Varennes du Grand Clos Chinon Cabernet Franc

9.012 ratings
9.15 pro ratings
Chinon, Touraine, Loire Valley, France
Cabernet Franc
Top Notes For
William Allen - Two Shepherds

Owner/Winemaker Two Shepherds

8.9

Wonderful fresh bright lively Chinon (cab franc) gorgeous 2009

Wonderful fresh bright lively Chinon (cab franc) gorgeous 2009

Nov 7th, 2013
S C O T T  S H E L D E N

Excellent Cabernet Franc! #winegazer

Excellent Cabernet Franc! #winegazer

Oct 26th, 2013
Cathy Corison

Owner/Winemaker Corison Winery

9.4

Complete. Mineral. Lush and lean at the same time. Delicious with Cheese Board pizza in Berkeley. Terrific value.

Complete. Mineral. Lush and lean at the same time. Delicious with Cheese Board pizza in Berkeley. Terrific value.

Feb 12th, 2013
Garrett Pierce

Sales Kermit Lynch Wine Merchant

This is going to be a long-lived wine. Serious, dark, epic Cab Franc with acid and tannin for days. Good now, but probably peaking in 10+ more years.

This is going to be a long-lived wine. Serious, dark, epic Cab Franc with acid and tannin for days. Good now, but probably peaking in 10+ more years.

Feb 5th, 2017
Rafael E. Garcia

Sommelier, L'Atelier de Joël Robuchon Las Vegas

8.9

Rafael E. had this 7 years ago

Rafael E. had this 7 years ago

Jan 27th, 2017
Dan Pilkey

Sommelier The Boarding House

8.9

Dan had this 9 years ago

Dan had this 9 years ago

Apr 16th, 2015
Ambre Soubiran

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Dec 10th, 2018
Chris Thomas

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Nov 22nd, 2018
Cem Aridag

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Oct 29th, 2017
Katie Sugasa

Katie had this 8 years ago

Katie had this 8 years ago

Nov 24th, 2015