2023 | M. Plouzeau Chinon Rive Gauche | Loire Louis de Belair Notes of summer meadow

Notes of summer meadow

Black cherry

10% Petite Sirah and 3% Mataro

It’s full-to medium-bodied with chewy tannins and a savory finish

2023 | M. Plouzeau Chinon Rive Gauche | Loire Louis de Belair Notes of summer meadowIt 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