Jean-Maurice Raffault Les Galuches Chinon 2005

"From alluvial and gravel soils (in this case right along the Loire, whereas most of Chinon's better-known vineyards front on the Vienne) and aged eight months in used barrels, the 2005 Chinon Les Galuches leads with an aromatic melange of ripe plum, beef broth, iodine, and cherry-almond. Juicy, bright, and faintly saline on the palate, and with a satisfying persistence of ripe though faintly tart plum and cherry fruit, it finishes with refinement if not quite the infectious juiciness of Raffault's basic bottling." - Wine Advocate