2017 Saumur-Champigny, Clos Rougeard, Loire

A sense of minerality with gunflint on the nose, almost a tertiary character, giving the impression of a cooler vintage. The palate is quite backward, and the fruit purity has not really come out to the extent of the 2018, so this is much less revealing.

91/100 Benjamin Lewin MW, Decanter (September 2022)