2023 | M. Plouzeau Chinon Rive Gauche | Loire Louis de Belair Black cherry

Black cherry

This comes largely from the Muscat in the wine

In the finish grated grapefruit peel

Big noseful of ripe pear

In this peppery violet-red wine you will find dark and red fruits such as raspberries

2023 | M. Plouzeau Chinon Rive Gauche | Loire Louis de Belair Black cherryIt had been a few vintages since I last drank a bottle of Marc Plouzeaus Rive Gauche bottling of Chinon. His newly released 2023 version is outstanding, coming in at an even thirteen percent octane and offering up a complex and an utterly classical bouquet of cassis, dark berries, tree bark, gravelly soil tones, cigar smoke and a hint of menthol in the upper register. On the palate the wine is bright, full bodied, focused and classy, with a lovely