Chateau de Chaintres Saumur-Champigny Vieilles Vignes 2020

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Chateau de Chaintres Saumur-Champigny Vieilles Vignes 2020The vines that plunge the deepest into the tuffeau below are bottled separately, with the Vieilles Vignes cuve comprising parcels ranging from 50 to 80 years of age. Despite the expected increase in concentration and structure with this wine compared to Les Sables, the same sense of freshness permeates this winemaking it trs digeste indeed. Tannins are again graceful, but the underlying minerality is more assertive here, contributing a salty savory

this comes from a 1910 planting of just 13 rows

dry finish

for that matter

this wine comprises roughly equal parts Macabeu and Grenache Gris—but these varieties are mere vehicles for the impenetrable stone wall of the wine itself

racy Cornas of remarkable focus and mineral purity

Bocca utilizes long aging to maximum effect

then pressed and aged 1 year in French oak barrels

2015 marks the first vintage that we have imported this cuvée

it offers Mosel-Riesling-like purity and cut

Brunetières

tangy cherry fruit

its woodsy nose with notes of truffle and spice announces a grand wine of breed and character that refuses to yield to the modern notion of easy drinkability

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