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Château de Villeneuve - Saumur-Champigny Le Grand Clos 2019

Name: Château de Villeneuve - Saumur-Champigny Le Grand Clos 2019
Brand: Château de Villeneuve
Rating: 4.1 (7 reviews)

Saumur-Champigny|Red wine|Organic

4.1/5 (7 customers)

95/100

Bettane & Desseauve

93/100

RVF

cabernet franc

fruity

concentrate

deep

long-keeping wine

"Tailored for the guard!

This is the Clos that surrounds the château! It is only produced in vintages of excellent maturity. A red that always needs a few years to reveal its full potential, with great finesse, energy and magnificent concentration of fruit. Superb balance!

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Estate

Château de Villeneuve

Cuvée

Le Grand Clos

Vintage

2019

Designation

Saumur-Champigny

Region

Loire

Grape varieties

Cabernet Franc

Terroirs

Turonian clay-limestone soils

Viticulture

Certified organic

Harvest

Manual

Winemaking

Total destemming before vatting, with 28 days of cuvaison, manual punching of the cap in 40 hectolitre truncated wooden vats, no chaptalization, vats fed by conveyor belt in respect of the harvest.

Breeding

14 months, 50% in 12 HL wooden vats and 50% in 600L barrels

Alcohol content

13%

Organic

Yes

Nose

Fresh, ripe red berries

Mouth

Ripe, mellow tannins, good energy, subtle balance between concentration and freshness, chalky notes with a lightly toasted finish.

Serve

At 14-16°C

Open

1 hour before decanting

Drink before

2029

Food and wine pairing

Enjoy with veal paupiettes with prunes, leg of lamb, cheeses...

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Bettane & Desseauve

Wine rated (2024 guide) 95/100

Domaine rated (guide 2025) 4*Stars (Top-quality producers, the glories of French winegrowing)

About the domain :

Jean-Pierre Chevalier has passed on his passion for wine to his two daughters, Caroline and Cécile. They make the most of the Souzay limestone hillside, where Clos de la Bienboire opens the ball with a delicious red, followed by the velvety, refined cuvée Vieille Vigne. The whites are not to be outdone: the wines evolve perfectly in bottle and the older vintages are benchmarks. With prices still attractive, this is one of the region's most exciting certified organic properties.

RVF - La Revue du Vin de France / Guide des Meilleurs Vins de France

Wine rated (2024 guide) 93/100

Domaine rated (guide 2025) 2*Stars (These great estates, often endowed with fabulous terroirs, are must-haves which, thanks to their consistency and the excellence of their production, must be included in the cellars of discerning wine lovers).

About the wine:

Denser and deeper, Grand Clos 2019 reveals lovely graphite notes and magnificent concentration of fruit. Powerful tannins that should be channeled in the cellar for a few more years.

About the domain :

Villeneuve has historically been a great terroir for dry and sometimes sweet chenin blanc (Coteaux de Saumur appellation), with remarkable ageing potential. Jean-Pierre Chevallier manages the family vineyard, partly located on the spectacular Côte de Souzay, with passion and exacting standards. This oenologist, trained at the Bordeaux school of winemaking, is able to translate the expression of this limestone hillside into homogeneous, colorful, fresh reds. He has progressively refined his ageing techniques, consistently establishing himself as one of the greatest stylists on the Saumur landscape. We are totally convinced by his perfectly calibrated wines, which deliver sensual interpretations of Cabernet Franc without denying their origin.

Customer rating

4.1/5

on 7 reviews