Clos Rougeard, Saumur-Champigny Les Clos, 2006
This is Clos Rougeard, the Saumur estate so revered that its bottles vanish on release and trade like Burgundy. Le Clos (here labeled Les Clos) is the estate's foundational cuvée, blended from 50-to-70-year-old Cabernet Franc vines across Chacé, Varrains and Dampierre, raised the old way in barrel. The Foucault brothers built the legend by farming naturally and intervening as little as possible. This 2006 is a back-vintage from a private collection, now two decades on and fully mature. At this age expect a gentle, savory, secondary expression of Cabernet Franc rather than primary fruit; decant and drink it soon. A rare chance to taste the wine that rewrote the Loire's reputation.
Clos Rougeard, Saumur-Champigny Les Clos, 2006
This is Clos Rougeard, the Saumur estate so revered that its bottles vanish on release and trade like Burgundy. Le Clos (here labeled Les Clos) is the estate's foundational cuvée, blended from 50-to-70-year-old Cabernet Franc vines across Chacé, Varrains and Dampierre, raised the old way in barrel. The Foucault brothers built the legend by farming naturally and intervening as little as possible. This 2006 is a back-vintage from a private collection, now two decades on and fully mature. At this age expect a gentle, savory, secondary expression of Cabernet Franc rather than primary fruit; decant and drink it soon. A rare chance to taste the wine that rewrote the Loire's reputation.
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This is Clos Rougeard, the Saumur estate so revered that its bottles vanish on release and trade like Burgundy. Le Clos (here labeled Les Clos) is the estate's foundational cuvée, blended from 50-to-70-year-old Cabernet Franc vines across Chacé, Varrains and Dampierre, raised the old way in barrel. The Foucault brothers built the legend by farming naturally and intervening as little as possible. This 2006 is a back-vintage from a private collection, now two decades on and fully mature. At this age expect a gentle, savory, secondary expression of Cabernet Franc rather than primary fruit; decant and drink it soon. A rare chance to taste the wine that rewrote the Loire's reputation.
