Filliatreau Saumur-Champigny La Grande Vignolle Non-Filtre 2020 (750ml)
Price: $22.99
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| Producer | Filliatreau |
| Country | France |
| Region | Loire Valley |
| Subregion | Saumur-Champigny |
| Varietal | Cabernet Franc |
| Vintage | 2020 |
| Sku | 12139665888 |
| Size | 750ml |
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Filliatreau Description
"100% Cabernet Franc. The six-hectare Grande Vignolle lieu-dit sits on a chalk cliff on calcareous clay soils, set back from the Loire River on a high plateau. The vines are 35 to 40 years old and lie at the northern limit of the Saumur-Champigny appellation. The fruit is hand-harvested, destemmed and fermented with natural yeasts in steel tank, with a maceration of approximately 2 weeks. The wine is aged in steel tank and is the one exception to the house practice of gentle filtration: long ago at the request of their American importers, Joe Dressner and Denyse Louis, Fillliatreau agreed to bottle this parcel without any filtration (not their general practice because of their perception that the Paris market would not be receptive to unfiltered wines)."-Importer notes
John Gilman: 92 Points
The 2020 la Grande Vignolle bottling from Domaine Filliatreau is beautifully expressive and suavely red fruity on the nose this year, offering up a fine constellation of cherries, pomegranate, cigar wrapper, a lovely base of tuffeau soil tones, hints of both menthol and tree bark and a gently floral topnote redolent of peonies. On the palate the wine is bright, full-bodied, focused and complex, with fine core and soil signature, ripe tannins and a long, nicely balanced and nascently complex finish.
Wine Enthusiast: 91 Points
This unfiltered wine, rich in black fruits and vivid with acidity, is developing well. Partly produced from old vines, this wine has concentration and ripe tannins. Drink the wine from 2024. Organic.
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