Clos Rougeard, Saumur-Champigny Les Clos, 2011 GERMANYCOUNT326 underbrush

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The Home Vineyard sits on the distinctive Whiskey Hill formation: decomposed sandstone with clay-loam topsoil creating earthy

Clos Rougeard, Saumur-Champigny Les Clos, 2011 GERMANYCOUNT326 underbrushA library bottle from one of the Loire's most legendary estates. Clos Rougeard, near Chace in Saumur Champigny, made age worthy Cabernet Franc its calling card decades before the region was cool, fermenting in old cement vats and aging in barrel. Le Clos is the estate's blended Cabernet Franc cuve, drawn from clay limestone plots in Saumur Champigny. The 2011 was a more moderate, earlier drinking vintage, so this is approachable and pretty now rather