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Domaine des Sables Verts, Saumur-Champigny, 2024

Red Wine from Loire, France
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This is Saumur-Champigny Cabernet Franc grown in the same small patch as Clos Rougeard, Thierry Germain and Antoine Sanzay. It's made without oak or fuss and is meant for drinking, not for waiting on. Caroline Meurée and Hervé Malinge bought the domaine in late 2018. She came from Château Lamothe in Bordeaux, and he had worked in St-Émilion, Burgundy and Roussillon. They now farm 33 plots around the village of Varrains organically, with certification underway. The name means "green sand," after the greenish sand in many of the appellation's best vineyards, and this 2024 comes from 28-year-old vines on clay-limestone, green sand and tuffeau at 60 to 80 metres. In the cellar they split the hand-harvested fruit: half got a quick five-day maceration and half a longer 15-day one. All of it fermented on native yeasts and spent seven months in stainless steel. Saumur-Champigny has quietly become one of France's great red-wine values, and this is a very good everyday way into it.

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More about Sables Verts

Caroline Meurée and Hervé Maligne took over Domaine des Sables Verts in 2019 after cutting their teeth in Bordeaux, Burgundy and Roussillon. They farm 16.5 hectares of old vines across 33 plots, nearly all Cabernet Franc, including parcels in Les Poyeux planted in the early 1950s, right next to Clos Rougeard and longtime Flatiron favorite Thierry Germain. 'Sables verts' are the green, glauconite-rich sands over tuffeau that define the best sites here: fresh, fine Cabernet Franc built to age.

Wine Details

  • Grape Variety

    Cabernet Franc

  • Vintage

    2024

  • Size

    750ml

  • Farming Practice

    Organic

  • Style

    Earthy

  • Sweetness

    Dry

  • Body

    Medium Bodied

Flatiron's Take

From the Importer

What Polaner Selections has to say about this wine:

Appellation
Saumur-Champigny
Wine Type
Red
Varietals
Cabernet Franc
Vineyard
“Les Dares”, “Bonneveaux” “Perruchers” & “Le Bourg”
Orientation
Various expositions
Soil
Deep clay-limestone soil, green sands, and tufa
Vinification
Fermentation with natural yeasts in stainless steel vats. Relatively short maceration (to accentuate the glouglou fruit!).
Aging
Aged in vats for 5 months then bottled with only a few grams of SO2 added.

Tasting Notes & Food Pairings

Perfect Pairings

Pork rillettes with cornichons and crusty bread, roast chicken with herbs, grilled pork chops, seared duck breast, a mushroom and leek tart, or a cheese board with aged Loire goat cheese.

Tasting Profile

Expect the classic unoaked Saumur-Champigny profile: crunchy raspberry and red cherry, a fresh green-herb and graphite edge, and a chalky minerality. Typically light-bodied, with bright acidity and soft, fine tannins, it finishes clean and juicy. Think of a fresher, more savoury cousin of Beaujolais, best served slightly cool.

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