Clos Rougeard Le Clos 2012
Clos Rougeard Le Clos 2012 is a red wine from Saumur-Champigny in the Loire Valley, produced by Domaine Clos Rougeard. This cuvée is crafted from 100% Cabernet Franc. Jancis Robinson awards it 16/20 and indicates a drinking window from 2017 to 2024. Critics describe a developed, juicy, and fresh wine with chalky nuances, offering a delicate and supple expression.
La bouteille proposée
- Size
- Bottle (75cl)
- Packaging
- Loose
- Label Condition
- Perfect
- Fill Level
- Perfect
- Capsule Condition
- Perfect
Identité du vin
- Couleur
- Red
- Pays
- France
- Région
- Loire
- Appellation
- Saumur Champigny
- Producteur / Domaine
- Domaine Clos Rougeard
- Cuvée
- Le Clos
- Millésime
- 2012
Cépage et assemblage
- Grape Variety
- 100% Cabernet Franc
Domaine Clos Rougeard
Clos Rougeard is a wine estate in Chacé, now part of the municipality of Bellevigne-les-Châteaux, in the Saumur region. Its 15-hectare vineyard is spread across 25 plots, mainly of clay-limestone soil, and produces Saumur-Champigny wines made from Cabernet Franc, as well as a white Saumur made from Chenin in Brézé. The estate, long run by brothers Jean-Louis ‘Charly’ and Bernard ‘Nady’ Foucault, has been owned by the Bouygues family since 2017.
- Owner
- Famille Bouygues
- Maître de chais
- Cyril Chirouze
- Surface (ha)
- 15.00 ha
- Production (average bottles per vintage)
- 55 000 bouteilles/an
Histoire du domaine
Le Clos Rougeard has been based in Chacé since 1664. Eight generations have succeeded one another at the helm of the estate, the most recent being the brothers Jean-Louis ‘Charly’ and Bernard ‘Nady’ Foucault. In the 1970s, the Foucault brothers committed the estate to a winemaking approach that prioritised organic farming. From the 1980s onwards, they developed a low-intervention winemaking approach and extended barrel ageing. Jean-Louis Foucault passed away in 2015. On 22 June 2017, the estate was acquired by Martin and Olivier Bouygues, through their family holding company SCDM. Following the takeover, Bernard Foucault supported the transition as a technical adviser. Cyril Chirouze was appointed operations director and estate manager with effect from November 2022, having previously taken over from Jacques-Antoine Toublanc as winemaker. He is now the estate’s designated manager. The vineyard now covers 15 hectares, comprising 13.5 hectares of red grape varieties and 1.5 hectares of Chenin Blanc.
Le Clos
Le Clos is a red Saumur-Champigny crafted from Cabernet Franc. The estate presents it as a blend of fifteen plots with clay-limestone soils. It thus stands out from the red cuvées originating from a single determined plot, Les Poyeux and Le Bourg.
- Style of the cuvée
- A Cabernet Franc favoring crisp fruit, with a generally floral and delicately spiced expression. The prolonged aging practiced by the estate seeks finesse and depth.
- Position within the range
- Blended red cuvée of the range, distinct from the single-plot selections Les Poyeux and Le Bourg.
