Clos Rougeard, Saumur-Champigny Les Clos, 2006 CALIFORNIA COUNT Colour: Orange amber gold

Colour: Orange amber gold

Agnès Dewé de Launay — eighth generation here

a domaine making serious waves with Grand Cru-quality fruit from vines planted in 1920 on crinoidal limestone and clay soil

The palate is structured yet silky

and blood orange unfold alongside leather

Clos Rougeard, Saumur-Champigny Les Clos, 2006 CALIFORNIA COUNT Colour: Orange amber goldThis is Clos Rougeard, the Saumur estate so revered that its bottles vanish on release and trade like Burgundy. Le Clos (here labeled Les Clos) is the estate's foundational cuve, blended from 50 to 70 year old Cabernet Franc vines across Chac, Varrains and Dampierre, raised the old way in barrel. The Foucault brothers built the legend by farming naturally and intervening as little as possible. This 2006 is a back vintage from a private collection, now