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HALL OF FAME
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 We are immeditely charmed by the location of the vineyard, set above the
confluent of the Garonne and Dordogne rivers, a strategic position with an
excellent micro-climate for the vines planted on hillsides with a
clay-limestone sub-soil and lots of gravel. The 20 hectares of vines on
this family estate are managed using the "reasonable pest-control" approach.
1/3 of the vines are over 30 years old and some plots even reach the
venerable age of 50 years old. The grapes produced here are rich in aromas,
and Richard Charbonnier, a skilled wine-maker, masters the production
process. The wines are of great quality, have excellent balance and are
seductive, flavoursome and full of charm. This know-how is much appreciated
among the knowledgeable clientele and has won many medals and the praises of
the various wine guides.
You should taste the Côtes-de-Bourg, remarkable with its beautiful
garnet-red colour, its solid tannic base, flesh and richness and notes of
spices and underwood. A wine which you will have to wait for if you want to
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 Founded in 1946 by René Gouron, the DOMAINE will develop with the support of his Jacky son until in the Eighties. From now on, they are the little children LAURENT and STEPHANE which vinify and market together the 28 hectares which account the family property. Classified in Appellation CHINON Contrôlée le DOMAINE GOURON is parcelled out in many pieces: argilo-limestone and argilo-siliceous, on the slopes and gravels interfered sands, in plain. This diversity of grounds made it possible to create various vintages emphasizing the expression, fruity in plain and robust on the slopes. All the year an important work is granted to the vine in order to obtain the best fruits: the requirement of one prunes short, of the enherbés grounds and of polishing direct themselves towards controlled outputs, a better concentration and the respect of our environment. Our wines are matured in the micaceous chalk cellars with ideal conditions then bottled at the property.
Excellent Chinon La Croix Boisée 2005, with the raspberry nose, combining powerfull and suppleness in mouth, robust, complex, very rich. Beautiful Chinon cuvée Vieilles Vignes, resulting from grounds argilo-limestones and argilo-siliceous (45 year old vines and more, long fermenting and maturing 12 months out of barrels of oak), fleshy, all in aromatic nuances, of robe vivid, with the nose complexes where the black cherry and the spices prevail, of excellent guard. Tasty Chinon 2007, a wine robust and rich color as out of matter, with the subtle stone-fruit nose, of full mouth, full and velvety, of a beautiful structure. |
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