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Coteaux de Saumur Clos Rougeard 1996

  • Yellow fruit
  • Gastronomic wine
  • Icon wine
  • Color: Dessert White
  • Organic
  • 12% 
  • 0.75L
  • Intensity
  • Dessert wine

This pure, liquid gold of a dessert wine could be taken for an excellent Sauternes. A "must-have" gem from one of the Loire’s iconic wine properties. More info

  • Quantity: 1 Bottle
  • Level: 1 into-neck
  • Label: 1 very marked label, 1 stained label
  • Origin: Private individual
  • Recoverable VAT: No
  • Country/Region: Loire
  • Appellation/Wine: Coteaux de Saumur
  • Producer/Owner: Clos Rougeard
  • More information....

Coteaux de Saumur Clos Rougeard serve at a temperature of 11°C. It will pair perfectly with the following dishes: Feuilletés aux poires et au roquefort, Canapés de pain d'épices, foie gras et pâte de coing, Blancs de poulet aux abricots secs et au cumin.

  • Vintage score: 17/20
  • Lot presentation
    Coteaux de Saumur Clos Rougeard

    The wine

    Matured for 30 months in new barrels, this astonishing sweet wine is somewhat reminiscent of a Sauternes. Its intense colour reveals an extraordinary aromatic bouquet composed of mandarin liqueur, marzipan and orange peel notes. Its rich, creamy, generous, persistent texture ends with an attractive bitterness and promises excellent keeping potential.

    Information about domain Clos Rougeard

    In just a few years, Le Clos Rougeard has become one of the most iconic and highly-reputed wines in the Loire, and indeed in France. Although this fame is recent, the vineyard is anything but. Jean-Louis and Bernard, the "Foucault brothers", are the eighth generation to work this family-owned property. The vineyards are located in Chacé, between Tours and Angers and cover 10 hectares of Saumur and Saumur Champigny appellations. The incomparable quality of the estate's wines is largely due to its extremely demanding viticultural standards dating back at least as far as the 1960s, with organic methods being practised even before the term had any official meaning. However, the estate has never sought official certification. Its vines remain entirely untouched by chemical products, making them the perfect expression of the full complexity of their terroir. The wine is vinified with as little intervention work as possible, and élevage lasts for at least two years. The estate produces six cuvées, two of which are white. At the end of December 2015, Jean-Louis "Charly" Foucault died and the estate was bought by Bouygues. The wines produced before this acquisition are now collector's items. Individual years permitting, the estate produces three red wines, including two parcel-specific selections: Les Poyeux, a very full-bodied yet refined wine, with a beautiful dark ruby colour; and Bourg, a racy, dense wine, which undergoes 18-24 months' élevage in new oak barrels. As for whites, the Brezé cuvée is now one of the best white wines in the Loire Valley.

    Detailed characteristics

    • Quantity: 1 Bottle
    • Level: 1 into-neck
    • Label: 1 very marked label, 1 stained label
    • Origin: Private individual
    • Type of cellar: Classic underground cellar
    • Recoverable VAT: No
    • Original Wooden Case / Original Case: No
    • French customs seal: yes
    • Alcohol percentage: 12 %
    • Country/Region: Loire
    • Appellation/Wine: Coteaux de Saumur
    • Producer/Owner: Clos Rougeard
    • Vintage: 1996
    • Color: Dessert White
    • Service temperature: 11°
    • Viticulture: Organic 
    • Intensity: Dessert wine
    • Dominant aroma: Yellow fruit
    • Tasting occasion: Gastronomic wine
    Coteaux de Saumur Clos Rougeard
    Coteaux de Saumur Clos Rougeard

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    iDealwine price estimate
    Coteaux de Saumur Clos Rougeard 1996

    iDealwine Price(1) corresponds to the hammer price and the buyer's premium charged by the auctioneer. (1)Bottle format