2020 Clos Rougeard, Saumur-Champigny “Le Clos” staff This cuvée comes from sixty-

This cuvée comes from sixty- to eighty-four-year-old Poulsard vines grown on Triassic clay soils at altitude

and this bottling is no exception

Renowned critic Neal Martin of Vinous famously marveled over older bottles—specifically a 1982—noting that with time

Nathalie Richez inherited none of it

2020 Clos Rougeard, Saumur-Champigny “Le Clos” staff This cuvée comes from sixty-Hailing from the historic Saumur region of Frances Loire Valley, Clos Rougeard is an estate of legendary proportions, long revered for setting the absolute benchmark for Cabernet Franc. Decades before organic and biodynamic practices became modern trends, the Foucault family quietly preserved ancestral farming methods, treating their vineyards with a site specific intensity usually reserved for Grand Cru Burgundy. For the serious collector, securing a