2013 Saumur-Champigny, Clos Rougeard, Loire
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Clos Rougeard
Saumur-Champigny
Saumur-Champigny is an Anjou-Saumur appellation noted for the uncomplicated, fruit-forward character of its Cabernet Franc red wines grown on the sand over chalky tuffeau soils. The wines are aged predominantly in old oak or inert vessels to give a good-value, early-drinking style. Château du Hureau is a consistently good source.
Cab.Franc
Cabernet Franc is widely planted in Bordeaux and is the most important black grape grown in the Loire. In the Médoc it may constitute up to 15% of a typical vineyard - it is always blended with Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot and is used to add bouquet and complexity to the wines. It is more widely used in St.Emilion where it adapts well to the cooler and moister clay soils - Cheval Blanc is the most famous Cabernet Franc wine in the world, with the final blend consisting of up to 65% of the grape.
Cabernet Franc thrives in the Loire where the cooler growing conditions serve to accentuate the grape's herbaceous, grassy, lead pencil aromas. The best wines come from the tuffeaux limestone slopes of Chinon and Bourgeil where growers such as Jacky Blot produce intense well-structured wines that possess excellent cellaring potential.
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Medium dark garnet colour, earthy nose with a pleasant slight green herbal note; the palate starts with tasty darker fruit, excellent medium intensity, perfect acidity, then a lovely tangy slight saline soy note, there’s a bit of green here, but it just blends in with the other interesting complexities; all kinds of savoury, green peppercorns weaving through the somewhat reserved dark fruit—quite delicious, complex, fascinating wine. I loved the 12 last year; this is at least as good, maybe even more interesting.
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