2017 Chinon Clos de la Dioterie
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The 2017 Chinon Clos de la Dioterie retains its great depth of color and feels incredibly young compared with many other 2017s from the region. Demonstrating excellent concentration and full body, it is round and without any angles. There's plenty of stuffing here, yet it remains elegant and coats the mouth with a delightfully fine tannic veil. You could drink it now, but that would be infanticide. If you like classy Right Bank wines that use Cabernet Franc as their base, you'll be pleasantly surprised at this wine.
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Stephan Reinhardt, Wine Advocate
Rebecca Gibb MW, Vinous
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The 2017 Chinon Clos de la Dioterie is from a northeast-facing monopole right next to the winery overlooking the Varennes du Grand Clos. This historic clos of just over two hectares hosts low-yielding 70- to 80-year-old vines rooting deep in a clayey, highly calcareous soils. The nose is deep, intense and perfectly ripe as well as elegant and seamless, and it exhibits ripe, dark berry aromas and remarkably fine limestone finesse with bloody meat notes. On the palate, this is a thoroughly vital red with great finesse and intensity and all the tributes you may expect from an icon wine of the appellation. The finish is vital, fresh, lemony, salty and highly stimulating if not mouthwatering but also stringent and tensioned, with perfect fruit ripeness and a gorgeous tannin/acidity structure. Impressive. Tasted in June 2021.