Chateau de Coulaine Chinon Les Picasses 2015

Professional Ratings

• 94 Robert Parker's Wine Advocate

  The 2015 Chinon Les Picasses is from clay on limestone soils on a south-facing hillside where Bonnaventure holds two hectares, and the vines are roughly 40 years old. The must was fermented in 60-hectoliter oak vats for three weeks, and the wine was aged for two years in 400-liter barrels from Burgundy. Dressed in a dark cherry color, the 2015 offers a deep, coolish, fresh and concentrated cassis bouquet with earthy, flinty and some floral aromas as well as raw meat, iron and a dash of mocha. Smooth, round and very elegant on the palate, this is a spicy-peppery, vital and beautifully balanced Chinon with a long, fresh and crisp finish. Stimulating, salty and remarkably fine. This is a great Chinon, and its salty vibrancy is really kicking. You can keep this wine for at least 10 or 20 years. Bottled in December 2017. Tasted back in May 2018.

• 93 Wine Spectator
  A sleek and fresh style, with light sanguine, anise and olive hints dancing atop a core of red and black cherry fruit. The racy finish lets black tea and iron hints streak through. Not big, but has range and cut. This should cellar well. Drink now through 2025.
• 91 Wine Enthusiast

  This wine, now mature and ready to drink, is named after the hillside on which the vineyard is planted. Aged in wood, it is smooth, with fine tannins set against ripe cherry and blackberry fruits.