This Chinon from the Grosbois estate, described as a "Très Grand Cru" by many specialists, deserves to be aged for many years to reveal its full splendour. The few thousand bottles produced each year come from a historic vineyard, with pre-phylloxera massal selections planted in 1905 on the first rootstocks imported from the United States after the phylloxera crisis.
This single-variety Cabernet Franc cuvée comes from vines on an enclosed half-hectare plot on Millarge soil. The grapes are harvested by hand, destemmed and sorted. The wine is made using natural yeasts and a 25-day maceration with no added sulphur, followed by 11 months of ageing in concrete vats.
Clôture is a perfect reflection of the Chinon terroir. This wine has a seductive nose of pronounced black fruit and a delicious palate with liquorice notes and fine tannins. This round, well-balanced Chinon can be enjoyed now or laid down for 15 years.