Domaine des Closiers - Trezellières 2020 (750ml) Fruit Wine

Domaine des Closiers - Trezellières 2020 (750ml) Fruit WineThe range starts with the entry Saumur Champigny Rouge called Closiers. It is aged in tank for 6 8 months before bottling. Unlike a lot of entry level Saumur Champigny, it is not made in a glouglou style, but rather something closer to the Clos bottling from Clos Rougeard. It is deep, nuanced, and pure, and while drinkable on release, could easily reward 10 15 years of aging. A second cuve called Les Coudraies is selected from several top hillside

halting the fermentation and capturing carbonation and any unfermented sugar

the official 14% listed on the bottle)

soft with hints of hazelnuts to the finish

~ Malolactic fermentation occurred in barrels where the wine continued aging for 16 months

and 15% of the wine was aged during 6 months in 2-year-old French Oak 228-liter barrels

95 points James Halliday

rich Lagrange that will reward a bit of patience

Prime plots supply grapes of good maturity and low yield

Gourmand and fruity

with extended skin contact and little or no sulphur added

then cooked must is added and the product starts to age for at least 24 months in oak barrels

near Sebastopol