Etienne Bodet Saumur Rouge Clos Durandiere 2022

Etienne Bodet Saumur Rouge Clos Durandiere 2022Earlier this year, the 2020 was our first spin with this wine and my general impression was it walks a fine line between Rougeard and Domaine do Collier, plus the Rougeard when the those are more elegant. It has the classicism of Clos Rougeard and the elegance and transparency of Collier and Guiberteau's top reds. A lot of you have purchased the Domaine du Closier wines with Rougeard's former owner Nady Foucault consulting I'd say this is more

but then a lightning bolt of good fortune struck

Fragrant and super expressive on the nose smells incredibly aromatic with white flowers and stone fruit

Winemaking: Crafted using the méthode champenoise

produced from a combination of –minimum- 60-year-old plots located in the ancient vineyard region of Ribeira Sacra

• Traditional fermentation with semi-submerged cap with punch-downs and pump-overs

It is tightly knit in structure with just enough concentration and brawn

This will form fine early-drinking Pinot

From biodynamically-farmed

at an altitude of 340 m with a North-East exposure at the top of the Grand Cru "Altenberg de Bergheim" which rests on the poor limestone of the Grande Oolithe

independent farmers

93 pts Dunnuck/Fricke:

this 100% Syrah is becoming a reference point of its own for Syrah in the new world