2007 Clos Rougeard Saumur-Champigny, Loire, France

Average Price $58 (USD) (750ml bottle, ex-tax)

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• France
• > Loire
• > Anjou
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• > Saumur-Champigny

• Saumur-Champigny wine region

  Saumur-Champigny is a red wine appellation of Saumur in the central Loire Valley wine region of France. Created in December 1957, this location-specific title was introduced as a complement to the Saumur Rouge appellation (created at the same time and under the same decree). Today, more than 80,000hL of Saumur-Champigny red wine are produced each vintage. The grapes come from about 3700 acres (1500ha) of vineyards located within the parishes of Saumur and Champigny and six of their immediate neighbors. Saint-Cyr-en-Bourg is the most southerly of these and its vineyards are one of the core sources of Saumur-Champigny wine. The village's wine co-operative was, in fact, the main proponent of Cabernet Franc planting in the area, and played a large part in the development of this appellation.

  Saumur-Champigny wines are made predominantly from Cabernet Franc, with a permitted (if rarely used) addition of up to 10% Cabernet Sauvignon or Pineau d'Aunis (sometimes called Chenin Noir here). They are typically light- or medium-bodied, and characterized by crisp acidity and forward, slightly spicy, berry fruit flavors more ...

• Saumur wine region

  Saumur is a mid-sized town located between Angers and Tours in the Loire Valley wine region of France. Sandwiched between the red wine centers of Chinon and Bourgueil to the east and the sweet white Coteaux of Layon and Aubance to the west, it sits at the crossover between the Anjou and Touraine wine districts. Consequently, Saumur and its wines could be forgiven for suffering from an identity crisis – not least because the town has been ruled by the dukes of both Angers and Tours in its time, and now lies right on the border between the Vienne, Indre-et-Loire and Maine-et-Loire administrative departments.

  It is impossible to state for certain that the Saumur name has suffered as a direct result of this mixed personality, but it does seem likely. When compared to the prestige of Loire Valley wine names like Sancerre, Vouvray and Quarts de Chaume, Saumur is a relative obscurity in international wine circles. In the modern wine world, the most successful wine names are those which represent one (sometimes two) specific styles, and concentrate their efforts solely on the production a more ...