Producer:
Grape Variety:
100% Cabernet Franc
Tasting Note:
Clos Rougeard is a renowed wine estate based close to the village of Chacé, in Saumur-Champigny. The estate was taken over by Bernard and Charly Foucault in 1969 but had been in their family since 1894. Clos Rougeard is well-known for the extremely limited wine production (around 2,500 cases each year) of very high quality. All its wine is sold by allocation only, and we got lucky to get some!
Clos Rougeard produces only four wines: Brézé, Le Clos, Les Poyeux and Le Bourg. The Foucault brothers' approach to their wine is fundamentally one of minimum intervention, extremely low yields, no chemicals or pesticides, hand-harvested fruit, natural yeasts, no filtering, no fining, and gravity bottling after up to 24 months in oak.
Vinification:
The Vineyards comprise of 10 parcels with the different ages. From 50 to 100 years old vine. The iconic winery produces 35,000 bottles of Biodynamic wines annually. The winery have been sold to Chateau Montrose in June 2017
Scores:
94 Points Yohan Castaing