Domaine Jaulin-Plaisantin, Les Hauts & Les Bas Chinon 2016, Loire, France

Tasting Note: A Chinon that captures the essence of the classic style that I adore so much because it is earthy and terroir specific.

Deep-intensity ruby in color, this wine has an aromatic, medium-plus-intensity nose of pencil shavings, black tea, black plum, crushed-dried violet blossom and forest floor with hints of young cedar.

On the palate the dry, medium-plus-bodied Chinon has medium-plus-intensity flavors suggested on the nose supported by velvety, medium-plus tannin ultimately completing with a long finish.

There is complexity in the midpalate that tends towards savory and black tea.

Chinon in the style I adore.

See review of 2014 vintage.