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Charles Joguet, Silènes Chinon, 2012, Loire, France

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Charles Joguet, Silènes Chinon, 2012, Loire, France

Charles Joguet, Silènes Chinon, 2012, Loire, France

Charles Joguet, Silènes Chinon, 2012, Loire, France

Charles Joguet, Silènes Chinon, 2012, Loire, France

Charles Joguet makes some wonderful wines and I have been to the vineyard twice and tasted some of them. This 2012 Silènes Chinon, 2012 though should have been drunk a fee years ago.its not aged as I had hoped/ expected from a top producer making cabernet Franc wine. Theres little aroma of the red fruit, plum, tobacco and leather that should be there, the flavours are washed out with only hints of what should be. The tannins are there and the dryness too.

It’s a lesson to drink on an occasion rather than waiting for the perfect occasion.

 

 

Wine GB wine tour – Loire Valley 2019 – Day 3 wine and mushrooms

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Langlois Chateau, owned by Bollinger since1973 and it makes 1.2 to 1.5 million bottles a year. We did the tour of the caves and winery and then tasted some of the wines.
24 pallet gyro pallet for riddling the sparkling wine

24 pallet gyro pallet for riddling the sparkling wine

Wine having a little rest

Wine having a little rest

L’Extra par Langlois, blanc de blanc. Fresh with fruit drive flavours and aroma’s. The Langlois Brut. 60% Chardonnay, 20% Chenin and 20% Cab Franc is drier, less fruit driven but has higher acidity coming through on the tasting. The Brut is a more traditional sparkling wine.
The 2013 reserve millesime Brut is drier with greener notes and is aged another year (3 years), There is more going on but not sure it’s worth the extra Eur5 a bottle.
The quadrille Extra Brut is yeasty, very dry and more champagne and at Eur20 a bottle reasonable if you like champagne.
The Langlois Brut Rose is light, with subtle flavours of red fruit and good acidity, not to high. At Eur11 a bottle it’s good value.
The Saumur blanc is 100% Chenin and is light, clean, fresh flavours. It’s a soft wine perfect for summer, sitting in the garden and at Eur11 a bottle ok value given you’ll drink a bottle at a time.
Quadrille and Saumur white

Quadrille and Saumur white

The other whites I tried crept up the flavours ranking with oakey notes but with the need of food to go with them and priced higher.
The red Saumur Champigny is Cab Franc, served slightly chilled there are lovely red fruit flavours and very smooth. At under Eur10 a bottle good value.
The mushroom museum was next.
The mushroom museum is located in caves and this is where the mushrooms are grown.
Mushrooms growing in the caves

Mushrooms growing in the caves

Mushrooms growing in the caves 2

Mushrooms growing in the caves 2

The lunch at the museum was stuff mushrooms, what else.
Charles Joguet, in the Chinon area was the next stop.
They only grow Cab Franc but uses the different parcels of land with different sold and aspects to create wines that are simpler, red fruit driven flavour based to one’s which are more complex with black fruit and more tannins. These are not cheap wines but they are excellent. The La Cure 2015 is silky smooth, with lots of red and black fruits and a refined texture. At Eur21 a bottle its worth it.
Charles Joguet Cab Franc

Charles Joguet Cab Franc