Benoit Duhamel

9.2

Servi à l'aveugle pour testé le Clos Rougeard. Fruits noirs, épices, le bois est encore présent et se développe avec l'air bien et en a besoin. Texture soyeuse, belle rondeur. — 8 years ago

Gregory Knaps

9.3

From Les Poyeaux. 40-yr-old vines. After about 20 minutes or so really spreads its wings. My last bottle but this has years of development left. Clos Rougeard who?? — 9 years ago

Alexander Vadas

9.6

Would need side by side with the rougeard to tell who wins. Damn incredible! Magnum — 9 years ago

with Stephen and Michael

Christian Alexander Møller Bach

9.2

Light, smokey, chuggable. First this, then the Rougeard. Today was a good day. — 9 years ago

Neal Dessouky

9.6

So fresh and perfectly mature. Not at all overripe. Great wine I'll probably never have again. At La Rotisserie de La Tour d'Argent. — 9 years ago

Jay Boberg

9.5

One of the best white wine values I know. He is disciple of Clos Rougeard — 10 years ago

Jasmine Hirsch

Sales & Marketing Hirsch Vineyards, founder In Pursuit of Balance

9.0

Pre-Breze Breze. — 10 years ago

with Kurt

Hannes Huefken

9.1

A nice and rather light example of a #natural wine. A clean and slight funk nose, if that makes sense. Way lighter than a Clos Rougeard. Light-bodied on the palate with some fruity acidity. Yum. — 10 years ago

jams jerfy

9.4

young Foucault. son of clos rougeard. precise. — 11 years ago

with Christina

jams jerfy

9.8

this is killing it. better than most things. incl. clos rougeard. — 12 years ago

Justin Hansohn

9.3

Completely blown away with my decision to open this and drink it here. So glad I did. I left with 3 bottles. Clos Rougeard came to mind. I can't say more than that. People will find out. This wine is the truth. — 8 years ago

with Taylor

Marc On

Writer Originalverkorkt, Lobenbergs Gute Weine

9.1

Nice context point to the Rougeard. Much leaner with a nice mineral kick. Never heard of this producer before. — 9 years ago

Todd Abrams

9.5

2014. Old vine Cabernet Franc growing directly out of solid limestone. It's taken me a while to wrap my brain around the greatness of Thierry Germain's wines. They are coiled springs unfolding in a slow trajectory towards pristine black raspberry fruit and scents of rain-washed earth. Dare I say finer examples of raw Saumur-Champigny terroir than Clos Rougeard. — 9 years ago

Justin Hansohn

9.6

Like the Rougeard of the northern rhone for me. Who knew cornas could make beautiful women like this? Hell yes please more please — 9 years ago

John Skupny - Lang & Reed Wine Company

9.2

If you want to taste a cracking good Saumur that speaks the region and the varietal without paying the bullshit prices of Rougeard or Guiberteau - buy a whole case, instead of a bottle or two of those others - drink and enjoy with friends - instead of fondling them like a perv! Thanks Daniel J for finding this and brining sanity to this great region. 2011 vintage. — 10 years ago

Tim Anderson

9.2

It's not Clos Rougeard, but it was damn good! — 10 years ago

Gabe Barkley

9.2

Great in a way completely different from the Rougeard. Much brighter fruit, lots of lanolin, some oxidized Apple. Excellent expression. — 10 years ago

Morgan Harris

Head Sommelier Aureole New York

9.2

Yes, Clos Rougeard is better, but this is a quarter of the price. Animated red fruits swirl around a dense core of blacker fruits. Red and purple flower perfume abounds. Just enough brett to feel rustic and handmade, and what greenness it has is a pleasant herbal counterpoint to the intensity of the fruit. Ashy-gravel notes abound on the inorganic side. Drink now or hold for 15+. One of the great cabernet franc producers. — 10 years ago

Philip Dobrin

9.0

Like clos rougeard but not quite. — 8 years ago

Tom Kobylarz

9.1

Excellent Cabernet Franc from Les Poyeux in Saumur-Champigny Champigny in the heart of the Loire. This is the real deal and in the mold of the style like Sylvan Dittiere, Thierry Germain, and Joguet, maybe not quite as precise as Guiberteau or as structured and refined as Rougeard. Deeply red fruited nose and palate that show some pepper and cedar with a vein of minerality and a waft of lifted buttered brioche toast. A great look into Les Poyeux, the site made famous by Rougeard.
#loire #cabernetfranc — 8 years ago

John Skupny - Lang & Reed Wine Company

9.3

Choice stuff - starting open up & blossom! Could own 4or5 of these or one bottle of Rougeard, I'll take the Baudry and enjoy now and down the line! — 9 years ago

Chris Tyler

9.2

2002. Similar style to the Rougeard and just as good! — 9 years ago

Doctor No

8.9

After trying a bit of the Clos Rougeard this was thin and bitter by comparison. — 9 years ago

Paul Einbund

Wine Director/Sommelier Frances

9.1

Rougeard rustic but wait from bourgouil? — 10 years ago

John Skupny - Lang & Reed Wine Company

9.6

Very expressive and well knit Franc - lovely middle fruit and persistent length! Blew the rougeard off the table! — 10 years ago

Harmon Skurnik

President Michael Skurnik Wines

9.7

RIP Laurence Faller your 10 Schlossberg was divine! Rougeard 09 infanticide but beautifully rendered. Had both at Grace, in Chicago. — 11 years ago

Paul Einbund

Wine Director/Sommelier Frances

9.8

Dang Gina! Rougeard worthy! — 11 years ago

Nicole Hakli

Sommelier The NoMad Restaurant

9.7

So elegant! Reminiscent of clos rougeard... — 11 years ago