Le Bourg

In the glass

Aroma: blackcurrant, cedar, graphite, violet, leather

Palate: cassis, fine-grained tannin, chalky mineral, long savoury length

The Foucault brothers' cult cuvee, born from a single tuffeau-limestone parcel at Chace. Dense, perfumed Cabernet Franc with cedar, graphite and a chalky, mineral length that defines what Saumur-Champigny can be.

What it pairs with

• Tournedos Rossini with truffle
  Foie gras, truffle and beef are framed by the wine's cedar and chalk register.
• Roast wild boar with juniper
  Game and the wine's leather-and-graphite spine align directly.
• Mature Comte 36 months
  Crystalline alpine cheese sharpens the wine's saline mineral length.
• Lievre a la royale
  Hare in royal sauce and the wine's full body, leather and savoury depth are mutually flattering.

History

Le Bourg is the Foucault brothers' single-vineyard flagship from the home parcel at Chace. Bottled under heavy new oak from 1988 onward, the cuvee became a Loire cult reference under Nady and Charly Foucault and was acquired by the Bouygues family in 2017.

1. 1988: First vintage of Le Bourg as new-oak single-vineyard cuvee
2. 2015: Death of Charly Foucault, marking the end of the brothers' era
3. 2017: Estate sold to Martin and Olivier Bouygues

Facts

Producer

Clos Rougeard · visiting guide

Grapes

Cabernet Franc (100%)

Classification

Saumur-Champigny AOC

Oak

24 to 30 months in oak barriques, around 80 percent new

ABV

13.5%

Price

EUR 500 to 1200 at retail

Drinking window

10 to 40 from vintage

First vintage

1988

Organic

ORGANIC CERTIFIED

Vegan

Yes (no animal-derived fining)

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