The Domaine Charles Joguet vineyard has distant and somewhat curious origins. As was the case for many houses, the invasion of phylloxera and mechanisation led the Beaudoin-Joguet-Malécault family to practice mixed farming. However, the vineyard part of their property in Sazilly, entirely planted with Cabernet Franc, dates back to 1830 and perhaps longer. As for the Clos de la Dioterie, it was a vineyard one or two centuries before 1789.

After long artistic studies (painting and sculpture) in Paris, Charles took over the family property when his father died in 1957. He created his eponymous estate with his mother, Madame Veuve Joguet-Malécault (whose initials adorn our pewter capsules - JMV).

- Implementation of parcel-based vinification (based on the Burgundy model per cru) in order to adapt the vinification of the different terroirs according to their potential (from fruit wines to great wines for ageing).

- Creation of the first stainless steel vats with punching down in collaboration with Jacques Puisais and the Maison Guerin.
- Manual harvesting in small openwork crates of 20 kg, so as not to crush the grapes and to allow the harvest to dry in case of rain...

From the beginning of the 1980s, Charles Joguet worked to perpetuate the work he had done to build up the estate and decided to surround himself with men of complementary skills, to whom he could gradually hand over the key to the winery to devote himself once again to painting and sculpture.
In 1985, the Genet family joined forces with Charles and contributed their land in Beaumont-en-Véron (Silènes) as well as a small hectare of vines planted on the pretty hillside of
Monplaisir (Clos Monplaisir) in Chinon.

In 1997, Charles Joguet took his leave of the wine industry to devote himself entirely to his other work, his other unquenched passion: painting.

- 2004 - Analysis of the terroirs of our plot of land by Mr René Morlat of the INRA in Angers in order to assist us in the transition to organic farming.

- 2006 - 2008: transition to organic farming, return to soil cultivation, increase in foliage, cessation of all pesticide use, support for the vine.

- 2013 - 2016: commitment to the certification body Ecocert for the organic farming certification of our wines on the 35ha of the estate.

- 2016: 1st vintage officially certified in organic agriculture.

- 2006 - Kevin Fontaine, in charge of production (vines and wines), joins the estate in charge of the vineyard and vinification and Anne-Charlotte Genet joins the family estate to ensure the commercial and marketing follow-up.

- Teamwork: raising awareness of the estate's team to a new approach to vineyard work in order to support the transition to organic farming.

2007 - purchase of a sorting table to improve the selection of the grapes harvested
and to guarantee their good health.
-2008 - Les Charmes - 1st vintage.

- 2011 - Biodiversity - a study on ecosystems

- 2013 - The estate joins Ecocert to officially certify the work carried out
in the vineyard in organic agriculture
- 2014 - Clos de garde extend their ageing period by 6 months => 32 months between vinif/ageing/ageing and meb

In 1989, acquisition of a large tufa cellar to ensure the best possible ageing conditions for our wines: Varennes du Grand Clos, Clos du Chêne Vert & Clos de la Dioterie

First trials of herbal treatments

- 1962 - La Cure - plantation in Cabernet Franc on this nice clayey vineyard in Sazilly - Left bank of the Vienne
- 1962 - Les Varennes du Grand Clos - partial plantation - clayey-limestone soil, sandy exposed north-east in Sazilly - Left bank of the Vienne

- 1976 - Clos du Chêne Vert - acquisition (by candlelight) and planting - nice Clos facing south-west / west, clay-limestone soil, flinty clay in Chinon - right bank of the Vienne.

- 1982 - Les Varennes du Grand Clos - Franc de Pied - experimental planting of Cabernet Franc de Pied (i.e. without rootstock) in an attempt to recover the characteristics of the wines before phylloxera.

- 1985 - Silènes - 10 ha brought by the Genet family
- 1985 - Clos Monplaisir - 1 ha
- 1989 - Cave de Tuffeau - purchase of a large 15th century cellar.
- 1998 - Clos de la Plante Martin - plantation of Chenin Blanc.
- 2006 - Les Charmes - acquisition of 6 ha of Cabernet Franc on the heights of Anché - Left Bank - with beautiful clay-limestone soils.