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Clos Rougeard, Saumur-Champigny Les Clos, 2012

Red Wine from Loire, France
by Clos Rougeard
$309.00
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From one of the Loire's most legendary estates, drinking in its prime. Clos Rougeard, in Saumur-Champigny near Chace, treats Cabernet Franc as a serious vin de garde, vinifying in old cement vats and aging in barrel for wines that reward patience. Le Clos is the estate's blended Cabernet Franc cuvée, drawn from clay-limestone plots in Saumur-Champigny. The 2012 was a small but high-quality vintage with good concentration, and this is showing well now with room to develop further. A rare chance to taste Loire history.

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Robert Parker

93 points

"Aromas of cherries, pepper, dark wild berries, smoke and leather preface the 2012 Saumur Champigny Le Clos, a medium-bodied, elegant and tense wine with a velvety and round mid-palate that concludes into a long, peppery and delicate finish marked by calcareous dry extracts. This is an outstanding bottle of Clos Rougeard." —Yohan Castaing

More about Clos Rougeard

here are some very famous wines that are extremely limited and inspire a cult like following; and then there is Clos Rougeard. The tiny amounts of Cabernet Franc and even tinier amounts of Chenin Blanc that the Foucault brothers make in Saumur-Champigny are among the most rare and sought after bottles in France and now the U.S.

What's the trick? Well it's a bit mysterious but basically they possess very old vines on special terroir. Their yields are tiny, farming is meticulous and the cellar is deep, dank and cold. Those few of us luck enough to visit can attest to layers of mold and caverns of oak barrels with various vintages slowly fermenting or resting for years before bottling.

The wines are stunning. They can age probably forever. And they are extremely limited.

Wine Details

  • Grape Variety

    Cabernet Franc

  • Vintage

    2012

  • Size

    750ml

  • Farming Practice

    Traditional

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Tasting Notes & Food Pairings

Perfect Pairings

Roast lamb, duck, beef daube, or aged cheeses.

Tasting Profile

Concentrated yet mature Cabernet Franc. Savory dark fruit, fine tannins softening with age, earthy and long.

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