TN: 2006 Filliatreau Saumur-Champigny La Grande Vignolle

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  • 2006 Filliatreau Saumur-Champigny La Grande Vignolle - France, Loire Valley, Anjou-Saumur, Saumur-Champigny (7/2/2009)
    nose: absolutely lovely nose filled with red cherries, red berries, all sorts of various purple florals, bits of bell peppe, peppercorns and some tones of olives. A very pretty nose that can really only come from a loire cab franc

taste: very smooth medium feel with nice medium acidity and some good tannins. Well balanced with tones of raspberries, red cherries, purple florals, bits of meaty tones and some olives

overall: a real lovely wine that can come from nowhere else. Plush and soft aromatics with a great feel on the palate. This was great both on its own and with some pizza, this is just delicious and so well balanced (90 pts.)

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Nice, two Saumur posts in one day!

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I need to give Loire a try. I remember first getting into Rhones, and now they are among my go-to wines, particularly with food. Thanks for the notes.

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Do you have a price point on this one Keith? Saumur-Champigny is my favorite red region in the Loire. Haven’t tried many 06’s at all though.

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Great estate. Authentic, honest wines. You should try the VV if you can. The '05 was incredible.

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Probably 18ish.

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cris- this was at 18.99 which made me even more happy. At the begining of the year I vowed to myself to branch out and check out more Loire reds, and now I really want to check out more stuff


lyle- where are some good stores that would have teh VV that will ship to IL? I’d love to have both side by side

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I had this last week (This is the unfiltered version, I know in '05 they made both, unsure if both imported to US)

Nice midweight Cab Franc, pure juicy black cherry fruit, some earth, coffee, and just a hint of herbs, but
nothing green or vegetal. A bit less tannic than the '05, but certainly no lack of structure. Nice
length, very good wine that I wish I had bought more of. B++

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The VV is hard to get. My former employer, CSW, had the 2005 exclusive I know. I am not sure if there was a 2006.

I would put in a wine-searcher alert or e-mail the importer, Joe Dressner.

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Thanks for reminding me of this wine. I bought some of the '05 and have been waiting on it – drank one in summer '07 and it was very tannic, but I really enjoyed the slightly sour dark cherry fruit and Bordeaux-like structure. I’ll have to try another soon.

– Matt