Domaine de Pallus - Les Clos de Pallus 2019

Druvor

Cabernet Franc

Tasting note

Crafted from Cabernet Franc planted on south-facing sandy, clay soils with limestone bedrock, the 2019 Chinon Le Clos de Pallus matured for 18 months in Burgundian barrels and possesses a dark, deep bouquet of dark berries, cassis, oak, spices and licorice intertwined with lead pencil notes. Medium to full-bodied, concentrated and rich, it's dense with structured tannins, an assertive tannic frame and good depth at the core. This rather muscular, dense Chinon requires 6-8 years of cellaring to reach its optimal expression.

Robert Parker Wine Advocate

Technical sheet

Le Clos de Pallus monopole de Domaine de Pallus is the most familiar plot of the estate, as we all cross it every day to reach the winery. 

With southeast exposure, it is part of the earliest vineyards of the domaine and is, in a way, our reference in terms of cabernet franc. 

To make this cru just the final part of the plot is harvested, representing about 1 ha of old vines planted on the richest area.

The result is a wine in which the character of the old vineyard prevails and where the cabernet franc manages to transmit wisely the most ancestral truths of the plot.

Technical sheet:

• Vineyard: Cravant les Coteaux
• Grape variety: cabernet franc
• Plot of land: 1.97 ha planted in two times in 1962 to 5000 vines/ha.
• Terroir: siliceous clay over calcareous rock
• Biodynamic wine growing
• Average yield: 30hl/ ha
• 100% destemming
• Individual vinification in 30 hl open-wooden deposits
• Fermentation 25 to 30 days
• Ageing of 18 months in Bourgogne barrels between 5-10 years