Joguet, Chinon Dioterie

Joguet, Chinon DioterieFrom a vintage with a very warm summer and rainy September, the monopole 2011 Chinon Clos de la Dioterie is more earthy on the nose and displays some green asparagus and also oaky notes. Soft and elegant on the palate, with good finesse and vegetal flavors, this is a very elegant, balanced and gastronomic Cabernet with a juicy and floral finish that exhibits violet and licorice flavors. The tannins are fine and juicy, and the wine is stimulating and

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As this expansively saturates the palate and as it takes on air

The highly refined and punchy middle weight flavors possess a lovely sense of minerality before delivering fine length on the slightly lean

There is good volume to the pleasingly textured medium-bodied flavors that possess a generous mouth feel as well as reasonably good definition on the complex

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There is exceptionally good volume and richness to the palate coating and velvet-textured big-bodied flavors that display outstanding power

full and delicious middle weight flavors that possess good mid-palate concentration and plenty of dry extract on the admirably intense

finely grained tannins and bold freshness supporting the taut

with fine-boned phenolic structure

this comes across as aromatically fresh yet the mid-palate has a borderline surmature character to it