Charles Joguet's 'Home Vineyards'
No.31 | Vineyard in Focus
While the majority of the viticultural activity in Chinon takes place on the north side of the Vienne River, if we turn our attention to the appellation’s rive gauche and head to the sleepy village of Sazilly, we will find two vineyards of great renown and the legendary domaine that owns them - Clos de la Dioterie and Les Varennes du Grand Clos of Domaine Charles Joguet.
The commune of Sazilly is on the southern banks of the Vienne directly across from the eastern part Cravant-les-Côteaux and western Panzoult, and the commune is bordered to the west by Anché and to the east by Tavant. The viticultural activity in the commune takes place over a narrow area of land flanking either side of the D760 stretching the length of the commune (about 4.5km). The vineyards here are generally flat, or with a very gentle north-facing slope, and for the most part the commune is dominated by ancient alluvial soils (similar to those on the opposite …