Château de Villenauve – Vieilles Vignes 2019 – Saumur-Champigny

Château de Villenauve – Vieilles Vignes 2019 – Saumur-Champigny

The wine shows a bright, deep ruby purple colour. The nose is dense and concentrated revealing nuances of black currants and blackberries, a touch of crème de cassis and bramble, delicate notes of black pepper and fresh tobacco. The palate is juicy and ripe, offering intense fruit concentration, vibrancy and delicatesse, a lot of gourmandise,…

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Château de Villenauve 2020 – Saumur-Champigny

Château de Villenauve 2020 – Saumur-Champigny

(Organic) The wine shows a bright ruby-purple colour with a brightening rim. The nose is intense and perfumed, revealing nuances of forest raspberries and blackberries, a touch of bramble, combined with notes of fresh tobacco and green bell pepper in the echo. The palate is juicy and dense with elevated, crisp acidity, a lot of…

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Domaine des Sanzay – Vieilles Vignes 2020 – Saumur-Champigny

Domaine des Sanzay – Vieilles Vignes 2020 – Saumur-Champigny

(Organic) The wine shows an intense ruby colour with a purple hue. The nose is dense and heady, offering nuances of cooked black cherries, kirsch, blackberry jam and sweet spices. The palate is intense, powerful and concentrated, with good freshness, grippy but juicy tannins and nice elegance. Notes of sour black cherries balance nicely nuances…

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Domaine Annivy – Segreto 2020 – Saumur-Champigny

Domaine Annivy – Segreto 2020 – Saumur-Champigny

The wine shows a bright ruby colour with a brightening rim. The nose is intense and multi-layered, opening up with nuances of ripe forest raspberries and blackberries, a touch of blueberries and cassis, complicated by delicate notes of sweet spices like cinnamon, cloves and vanilla. The palate is vibrant and gourmet, full and juicy, offering…

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Domaine Annivy – Noir Absolu Vieilles Vignes 2020 – Saumur-Champigny

Domaine Annivy – Noir Absolu Vieilles Vignes 2020 – Saumur-Champigny

The wine shows a bright ruby purple colour. The nose is a bit restrained, will benefit from aeration. It opens up with notes of bramble, blackberries and cassis, a hint of pungent spices and tar. The palate is grippy and tight, with elevated acidity, drying, grippy tannins and a nice freshness. The wine reveals a…

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Domaine Annivy – Oeillade 2020 – Saumur-Champigny

Domaine Annivy – Oeillade 2020 – Saumur-Champigny

The wine shows a bright ruby purple colour. The nose is restrained and reductive initially, later opening up with subtle notes of red cherries, a touch of radish and pungent spices, a hint of wet stones and leather. The palate is more open, juicy, offering a nice fruit concentration, elegance, elevated acidity and chalky tannins….

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Domaine La Bonnelière – Les Poyeux 2018 – Saumur-Champigny

Domaine La Bonnelière – Les Poyeux 2018 – Saumur-Champigny

The wine shows a deep ruby colour with a garnet tinge. The nose is dense, ripe and heady, revealing notes of ripe (even overripe black cherries), a hint of bramble and black raspberries, a delicate touch of tobacco leaf and cassis. The palate is juicy and warming but well-balanced, offering bright fruit concentration, refreshing acidity,…

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Domaine La Bonnelière – Tradition 2021 – Saumur-Champigny

Domaine La Bonnelière – Tradition 2021 – Saumur-Champigny

The wine shows intense ruby purple colour with a brightening rim. The nose is gourmet and floral, revealing nuances of violets and peonies, red and black cherries, a touch of blueberries and bramble, a hint of tobacco leaf in the echo. The palate is youthful, juicy and vibrant, with refreshing, crisp acidity and grippy, young…

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Domaine La Bonnelière – L’Excellence 2018 – Saumur-Champigny

Domaine La Bonnelière – L’Excellence 2018 – Saumur-Champigny

The wine shows an intense ruby colour with a garnet rim. The nose is delicately restrained, the wine will benefit from decanting. With aeration it reveals notes of ripe red and black cherries, baked raspberries, complicated by nuances of sweet baking spices and a touch of earthy minerality. The palate is round and smooth with…

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Lena Filliatreau 2019 – Saumur-Champigny

Lena Filliatreau 2019 – Saumur-Champigny

The wine shows a pure ruby colour. The nose is rather restrained, needs aeration. It opens up with nuances of red and black cherries, forest raspberries, a floral touch of violets and peonies, a hint of pungent spices. The palate is juicy and vibrant, very gourmet, offering crisp, tangy acidity, elegant structure, supported by bold…

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