Les Charmes 2020
Les Charmes 2020
○ Red wine - AOP Chinon
○ Organic Agriculture
○ Cabernet Franc - 14% vol.
○ Data Sheet
The clay-limestone terroir gives it an elegant structure, supple tannins and a beautiful liveliness: it is a semi-keeping wine.
2017 vintage press :
Verticale Michel Bettane 2019 - Bettane Desseauve - En Magnum16/20: "Lots of charm and aromatic finesse. Floral ensemble, silky tannin. A seductive, precise, accomplished dimension and an exemplary expression of Loire Cabernet Franc. "91 / 100 - Wine Spectator, 2019 : "Full of energy, with vibrant acidity and slight grip from the tannins. The core features charming notes of damson plum, blueberry and violet, with hints of tar. Floral details emerge on the finish. Best from 2021 through 2027 "In Vino Veritas, Beranrd Arnould, Belgium - February 2020 : "A cuvée from a plot selection of 35 year old vines, clay-limestone terroir, straight profile, saline freshness, fresh red fruit, purity and fine juicy tannins. A beautiful wine of semi-guard" RVF, Guide 2020 - 15,5 / 20 - "We go up in intensity with the Charmes which offers itself with a lot of seduction while revealing the straightness of its terroir.
Vintage 2016 press :
RVF - Guide 2020 - 15,5 / 20 Bettane Desseauve - Guide 2019 - 15 / 2090 / 100 Wine Spectator 2019 - "Very elegant, featuring notes of blueberry and violet, underscored by hints of spice and dried herbs. Shows great harmony overall, with good length and range. Inviting finish. Drink now through 2025. "Le Figaro, 2019 : 14,5 / 20 "A very greedy and open cuvée with notes of red berries, almonds and spices, and which in the mouth is characterised by its balance and ripe tannins. "91 / 100 - Wine Enthusiast 2019 : "This selection of grapes from across the vineyard reflects the warm 2016 vintage. It is rich, with fine tannins as well as ripe black-currant and spice flavors. This elegant, dense wine will age."
Press vintage 2015 :
16,5 / 20 - Michel Bettane - Bettane Desseauve - In Magnum, 2019 : "This fairly new vintage from the estate comes from vines located in Anché, on typical clay-limestone soil, with vines over 35 years old. The 2015 is a bit more solid and tightly textured than the 2016, but with much more finesse on the nose, with menthol notes adding freshness to the beautiful ripeness of the grapes. "92 / 100 Wine Spectator 2018 - "Delightful, with a fresh, racy beam of red and black currant fruit mixed with light anise, singed bay leaf and violet notes. A light chalky spine keeps everything racing along in unison. "Le Figaro, 2019 : 15 / 20 "A flamboyant and concentrated 100% Cabernet Franc, with fresh berry notes and luminous fruit, fine tannins with a flax-like texture. "16,5 / 20 - Le Point, 2017 : "Cherry, blackberry, red rose, nicely floral, mouth-filling with a discreet woody note, juicy, fresh, fine lots of brightness."
2014 vintage press :
16 / 20 - RVF - Guide 2017:
"The level of the 2014 reds is excellent, right from the entry-level. Precise, slender and nervous, marked by zan, Les Charmes displays a myriad of small, fine tannins, serving a crisp, fresh fruit that evokes plum."
92 / 100 - Wine Spectator, 2017:
"Lovely, with a pure beam of raspberry coulis and cherry preserves running through, picking up light rosemary, savory and violet notes along the way. The fine chalky minerality on the finish is nicely embedded. Pure, focused and long."
Vin Québec, 2018, CA:
"Les Charmes 2014. Same cell maceration, same malo and barrel ageing, same ruby, but a more discreet nose with ripe black fruits. Medium-bodied, quite lively, with good tannins and youthful balance. Rather astringent on the finish, it is a little pointed, peppery and quite persistent."
Le Devoir, 2018, CA:
"Les Charmes 2014 This parcel within the plot (1 ha, 5) on a clay-limestone base obviously offers a crazy charm with its fresh, firm but silky tannins. (5 +)"
Press vintage 2013 :
16 / 20 - RVF - Guide 2016 : " The efforts are paying off to overcome the pitfalls of the difficult 2013 vintage : the Clos de la Plante Martin chenin is straight and chiselled, the Silenes fruit cabernet is fruity and just in its definition. Fresh and nervous, Les Petites Roches shows off its fine, sinuous frame, to be drunk a little before Charmes, denser and fuller in its flavours."" A floral Cabernet Franc with a sanguine balance that makes it fine and approachable." Special Salon, 201616,5 / 20 - Bettane Desseauve - Guide 2015
2012 vintage press :
16 / 20 - RVF - Guide 2015 : "Les Charmes is a full-bodied wine, supported by precise tannins "16,5 / 20 - Bettane Desseauve - Guide 2015
Vines
Les Charmes is a selection of parcels from vines located on the Left Bank of the Vienne, on the heights of Anché, a neighbouring commune of Sazilly.
The Cabernet Franc vines are 35 years old and the terroir is clay-limestone, facing north.
Vinified in wooden vats and aged for 6 months in French oak barrels, Les Charmes offers a straight, crisp and generous fruit wine.
Vinification
This new cuvée reveals an assertive character with wines with elegant tannins and very fresh aromas.
Cold skin maceration for 5 days. Vatting lasts more than 15 days at temperatures of 24° to 26°C. Free run wines are blended with press wines if they are of good quality, as soon as the alcoholic fermentation is over.
Malolactic fermentation takes place in barrels of 3-4 wines. Once this is finished, the wine continues its ageing in truncated wooden vats for 6 to 8 months, to reveal the subtle red fruit aromas of this vintage for good ageing.
Press review
Bettane Desseauve - En Magnum 2019
Les Charmes 2016- 16/20
"Lots of charm and aromatic finesse. Floral ensemble, silky tannin. A seductive, precise, accomplished dimension and an exemplary expression of Loire Cabernet Franc."
Wine Advocate - Robert Parker 2021
Les Charmes 2018 - 92/100
"Les Charmes offers a pure, intense and fresh bouquet of perfectly ripe black berries intertwined with spicy notes of crushed stones and a dash of lemon juice. Silky, fresh and refined on the palate, this is an elegant, juicy and intense Cabernet Franc with a dense black berry texture, fine and ripe tannins and lingering mineral acidity. The wine is tight and tensioned and leaves the palate hardly and with great intensity. This is an excellent Chinon for now and a decade or more.
Stephan Reinhardt
The Point 2017
Les Charmes 205 - 16,5/20
"Cherry, blackberry, red rose, nicely floral, palate with a discreet woody note, juicy, fresh, fine lots of sparkle."
Vinous
Les Charmes 2017 - 90/100
"The 2017 Chinon Les Charmes offers a ripe and concentrated expression with black cherry and some baked fruit flavors and Christmas spices. It's round and supple with mouth-coating tannins that are satisfying and lick-your-lips good."
Rebecca Gibb MW
Wine Spectator 2018
Les Charmes 2015 - 91/100
"Delightful, with a fresh, racy beam of red and black currant fruit mixed with light anise, singed bay leaf and violet notes. A light chalky spine keeps everything racing along in unison."