2004 Charles Joguet Chinon Clos de la Dioterie

Community Tasting Notes (23) Avg Score: 89.8 points

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  12/22/2023 - melvinyeowq wrote: 92 Points

  French but no Burgundy/Bordeaux theme: My contribution. Everyone guessed northern Rhone for this, but not sure if I understood why. Didn’t have any Loire greenness despite the weaker vintage, but was built more like a traditional Bordeaux from a more classic vintage with some leafy herbal notes. Pleasurable and drinking at peak now.

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  12/12/2022 - MJReb wrote: 89 Points

  Bell pepper, green notes, a lot of soil. You can see the class of this wine, but it is simply reduced by the vintage.

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  8/8/2022 - eboracum Likes this wine: 91 Points

  On first sip before food, this was quite full for Chinon with savoury ivy tinged fruit, quite strong acidity and still marked tannins. However, after a mouthful of marbled Hereford beef and peppery Mediterranean vegetables, the fruit became more gracious and the tannins riper seeming and just right to cope with the food. This is a classy wine with a pairing which softens the rather austere 2004 style. Very good.

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  7/1/2021 - eboracum wrote: 88 Points

  This wine has a severity which is not typical of Chinon or even of Dioterie itself, but is typical of the vintage. My previous bottle was opened about 5 years ago and, while the aromas have opened up somewhat since then, the wine's austere character is unchanged. Palate was medium+ bodied, showing savoury fruit, earthy minerals, fresh tangy and leathery acidity encased in still marked tannic structure. Blind, I would take this for a robust bougeois left bank claret from a cool vintage. There is none of the gracious elegance which I associate with Dioterie's best vintages. Good in its way, though.

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  3/7/2019 - MJReb wrote: 90 Points

  After opening some green notes, herbal, with green bell pepper notes, meaty, some mushrooms with wet earth, not really clean. With air it’s getting better: dark morello fruit, tobacco, still some bell pepper notes, earth, pretty good for a 2004.

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