Jean-Maurice Raffault 2016 Clos de L’Hospice Chinon
Rodolphe Raffault of Domaine Jean-Maurice Raffault replanted and revived Clos de L’Hospice, one of Chinon’s greatest sites, in 2008.
Raffault has cultivated the Clos fully organically since the replanting. The 2016 vintage was aged in five new 500 litre barrels, for 16 months. After the malolactic fermentation in cask finished, Raffault did not add sulfites and also chose not to rack the young wine. Rather, it remained protected under the natural CO2 produced by the malolactic fermentation. Before assemblage in early 2017, Raffault replaced the CO2 with inert gas to prevent any oxidization. Sulfites were not used during any phase. The Clos was not touched by the April 2016 frost and the vines did not suffer due to the mid-summer heat, “a sign of a great terroir” observes Rodolphe Raffault. “The 2016 is the richest, densest and most structured Clos to date.”
Origin
- loire valley, france
Year
- 2016
Varietal
- cabernet franc
Style
- elegant + complex

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