Clos Rougeard, Saumur-Champigny, 2010 SO041225 Loire Sale who craft natural wines in

who craft natural wines in the Arbois region of Jura with a focus on expression and authenticity

no-nonsense tequila

Walter Scott's wonderful Willamette Pinot Noir

green pear

and crushed rock lead into a powerful but well-proportioned palate

Clos Rougeard, Saumur-Champigny, 2010 SO041225 Loire Sale who craft natural wines inThe Foucault brothers' base Saumur Champigny is the wine that taught a generation what Cabernet Franc could be, and this 2010 is drinking beautifully. It's blended from parcels of fifty to seventy year old vines across Chace, Varrains and Dampierre, fermented with native yeast in old cement vats and aged around two years in neutral barrels. Nady and Charly Foucault liked to say the only revolution at Clos Rougeard was that they never changed anything;