Clos Rougeard, Saumur-Champigny, 2010 SO041225 Loire Sale Best enjoyed neat or with

Best enjoyed neat or with a drop of water to open its complexity

with long macerations and long rests in big old casks

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

Fermented with native yeasts and handled minimally

and this five-year-old from Cossart Gordon shows exactly why people fall for it

Clos Rougeard, Saumur-Champigny, 2010 SO041225 Loire Sale Best enjoyed neat or withThe 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;