Antoine Sanzay, Saumur-Champigny, Poyeux

Nose of morello cherry and pepper. A palate as invigorating as it is silky, with a powdery touch, then it accelerates into spicy and bell pepper aromas, thanks in particular to a nicely integrated acidity. The second part of the palate is more herbaceous and chalky, which carries the wine with great freshness. A beautiful peppery and chalky finish with good length. A very beautiful wine; I really liked its liveliness and powdery profile.

nytt møte med denne på magnum. Mineralsk, mandler over CF-frukt. Slankere og mindre alkohol enn denne vinen har hatt i de varme årene 2018, 2019 osv.

Excellent Poyeux à maturité étonnamment tôt mais qui a encore du temps devant lui. En bouche de belles notes salines viennent réhausser les notes de cerises griottes. Belle longueur en bouche et une belle acidité très équilibrée. Un beau toucher de bouche noble et poudreux, à ce tarif on en redemande.

Comes from renowned single vineyard of Les Poyeux with its siliceous-calcerous soils. Vines planted at the beginning of 1970’s, aged in oak for 18 months. Mineral and focused, boasts elegance and freshness with 12.5% abv. Intense abundant aroma of roasted capsicum, violets, herbs, leather, cherries, cranberries, barnyard hints. Medium body, bright, elegant and pleasantly tense with juicy herbal and vegetal fruity flavours, mineral chalkiness, vibrant medium+ acidity, greenish yet finely grained medium+ tannins.

Ekspressiv og druetypisk cabernet franc. 12,5% så ikke så kompakt og fyldig som 2018 og 2019. God vin men dette er en cuvee som også er veldig god i varmere år

Peach, apricot and baby food carrots. Dense tannins that are still quite fine, it’s a great expression of cab franc that hints at the same direction of rougeard.

Online Blind Tasting: Cabernet Franc plus some Pirates : *** tasting note based on 0,1l bottle. Half of the bottle tasted completely blind on day one, other half tasted two days later *** Glass: Zalto Universal Clear, deep ruby color with purple reflexes. Clean, medium+ intense, youthful nose. Herbaceous, green pepper and stems, spicy, lots of sour cherries. Very dense. Dry, high, racy acidity, high mellow tannin, only 12,5% abv. Medium body. On the palate very herbaceous, green/tart, sour cherries …

I keep saying I'll keep one of these for a number of years, but I always given in and open them too early. Classic Saumur-Champigny. Red fruit, green pepper, plenty of funk, good structure.

Only a bit of pyrazine but still unmistakably from the Loire. Broad tannin. Medium bodied and in density which surprises me a bit given the pedigree. Clearly some restraint behind the wine making which is a plus. They didn't go thinner for the sake of of virtue signaling but did seem to let the fruit do it's thing. Plenty of classic Cab Franc character though maybe redder than purple in primary fruit. The one big draw back was that the …