The Clos Monplaisir is certainly one of the most beautiful viewpoints in the Chinon appellation, offering a plunging view of the banks of the Vienne. This south-facing clay-limestone Clos offers a ripe, full-bodied expression of the Cabernet Franc while retaining a beautiful structure and the freshness of the limestone.
The vines, planted in 1979, offer small yields of around 20 hl/ha, giving preference to good health and good concentration.

The numerous maturity controls carried out for all the vintages in order to determine the optimum date for the harvest generally result in harvesting this clos at the very beginning. Its exceptional exposure and its hillside terroir give us the first musts of each vintage.

The duration of maceration and vatting are similar to those of the Varennes, with the specificity, from the 2008 vintage onwards, of being carried out in wooden vats.

Pumping over and punching down (pressing the cap of the marc into its juice) help to extract the matter and the colour. Alcoholic fermentation is sometimes followed by malolactic fermentation on the pomace, bringing roundness and extra fatness. Prolonged ageing in barrels of 1 to 3 wines (12 to 15 months) completes the refinement of this wine with a rare personality.

A very long ageing cuvée that must wait several years in the cellar for it to deliver its originality.