Guiberteau Saumur Rouge Les Chapaudaises 2023 PET-NAT fresh and powerful

fresh and powerful

Arnot-Roberts ferments it cleanly (no skin contact here) and ages it in used French oak for ten months

The Descombes family's Domaine Passy le Clou has rocketed up the Chablis rankings since taking the reins in 2017

The opportunity to taste with Laurence and hear her perspective on this increasingly rare approach makes for a compelling evening

Guiberteau Saumur Rouge Les Chapaudaises 2023 PET-NAT fresh and powerfulA single vineyard Saumur from cult Loire producer Romain Guiberteau. 'Les Chapaudaises' is a parcel of Cabernet Franc on clay limestone near Le Puy Notre Dame, and it gives one of his more open, perfumed and fruit forward reds a little more approachable young than the firmer Les Arboises. Farmed organically and made with native yeasts and minimal intervention, it carries the chalky tension and purity that make Guiberteau a reference for serious Saumur