Clos Rougeard, Saumur-Champigny Les Clos, 2007 SO111825 Roilette Perromat family ownership since 1958

Perromat family ownership since 1958

founded Clos Floridène in 1982 with his wife Florence—their combined names becoming the estate's identity

The 2001 growing season produced extraordinary botrytized wines

named after the fictional giant king who loved pleasure and excess

Clos Rougeard, Saumur-Champigny Les Clos, 2007 SO111825 Roilette Perromat family ownership since 1958One of the Loire's most legendary estates, now drinking in its prime back vintage window. Clos Rougeard, in Saumur Champigny near Chace, made Cabernet Franc into a vin de garde long before the Loire was fashionable, fermenting in old cement vats and aging in barrel for elegant, ageworthy reds. Le Clos is the estate's blended Cabernet Franc cuve, drawn from clay limestone plots in Saumur Champigny. The 2007 was a cooler, lighter vintage, so this is a