2017 Clos Rougeard Saumur-Champigny "Les Poyeux" , Loire Valley, FranceABOUT THIS WINE Les Poyeux comes from a nearly 2 hectare plot of the same name, on a gentle slope with a clay and limestone soil mixed with windblown sands. A universally popular and feminine wine, with notes of vanilla and dry spices. ABOUT THIS PRODUCER Clos Rougeard is an esteemed wine estate in Saumur Champigny near the village of Chac in the Loire Valley. The estate was taken over by Bernard and Charly Foucault in 1969, but had been in their

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