Domaine Filliatreau Saumur “Chateau Fouquet” Rouge 2021 750ml

100% Cabernet Franc. Paul Filliatreau bought 6.5 hectares of lieu-dit Château Fouquet in the village of Brézé, which is about 10 kilometers east of the town Saumur and just outside the lines of the Saumur-Champigny appellation. Parts of the vineyard had been abandoned, and he began replanting with massale cuttings from Chinon vigneron Charles Joguet’s Clos du Chêne Vert vineyard. By 1998, the vineyard had been converted it to organic farming, the first part of the Filliatreau estate to beome so (as well as the first to be ploughed by horse or harvested by hand).

• Country: France
• Region: Loire Valley
• Appellation: Anjou-Saumur
• Size: 750ml
• Color: Red

Varietal

Cabernet Franc

Cabernet Franc is not simply an important grape varietal for the fact that it is one of the most widely grown strains of vine in the world, but also because it is a vital grape in the production of many of the finest wines the world has ever seen. For centuries in its native France, it has been a varietal synonymous with elegance and high quality, and has become a key fruit in the production of the Bordeaux and Bordeaux-style blended wines which have gone down in history thanks to their magnificent flavors, aromas and levels of aged complexity. However, Cabernet Franc is also a wine grape varietal for use in single variety, unblended wines, and has plenty to offer on its own. Most commonly, it is renowned for its wide bouquet, which often includes fascinating notes of tobacco, violets or bell pepper over a beautifully pale and decadent liquid.