2021 | Domaine des Sables Verts | Glouglou Saumur-Champigny

A simply lovely Loire Valley Cabernet Franc that offers delicious up-front mixed rk berry and blackcurrant aromas andad flavors. This is lip-smackingly juicy and make the perfect red to enjoy with creamy cheeses, such as Camembert or Brillat-Savarin.

Producer Information

Domaine des Sables Verts is a relatively new project owned and run by a young couple, Caroline Meurée and her husband, Hervé Maligne. We met Caroline from her time at Chateau Lamothe in Bordeaux. Her husband worked as well in St Emilion, and also in Burgundy and at Mas Amiel in the Rousillon, all under the tutelage of Olivier Decelle. Their project was started in 2019, when the couple took over a sprawling estate covering 16.5 HA spread amongst 5 villages with 33 different plots, with an average vine age of 40 years. The crown jewel of the estate are their two single-vineyard wines of Cab Franc from the famed parcels of “Poyeux” and “Chaintres” planted in the early 1950s, and where their neighbors are none other than Clos Rougeard and Thierry Germain! The estate is comprised mostly of Cabernet Franc (15.5 Ha) and the remainder 1 Ha in Chenin Blanc. The name, Sables Verts, or “green sand”, comes from unique greenish sand that is a component in many of the best vineyards of Saumur-Champigny, and mixes with varying amounts of Clay-Limestone and Limestone-Silica in the topsoil which ultimately sits atop the Mother rock of limestone tuffeaux that underlies much of the region. This green sand is rich in glauconite which gives the Cabernet Franc in this area both its freshness along with a sense of concentration. The cellars themselves are also dug into the tuffeaux and form a cool, damp home for raising the wines.

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