Saumur-Champigny

All wines from the Saumur-Champigny appellation in the Loire Valley

Saumur-Champigny wines are the most renowned reds of the Saumur Loire region, produced exclusively from Cabernet Franc on the tuffeau hillsides that overlook the left bank of the river. This AOC recognizes only one color, red, with wines of a deep ruby robe, a nose of raspberry, blackcurrant and violet, often lifted by a peppery and graphite note that is typical of the grape variety. On the palate, the signature lies in a rare balance between freshness, supple flesh and fine tannins, with the chalk of the subsoil providing a saline tension that prevents any heaviness. Easy-drinking cuvées are enjoyed young, slightly chilled, while old-vine and historic single-vineyard wines rival the greatest age-worthy reds. 

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Clos Rougeard Saumur Champigny Le Bourg 1993 Magnum -5% DISCOUNT !
-5%
3 in stock
55585
Red
150cl
Slightly Damaged
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Clos Rougeard Saumur Champigny Le Bourg 1993 Magnum -5% DISCOUNT !

€1,710.00 inc-VAT per bottle €1,800.00 inc-VAT -5%
€1,425.00 ex-VAT
Clos Rougeard Saumur Champigny Le Bourg 1995 Magnum -5% DISCOUNT !
-5%
Last one !
1 in stock
55586
Red
150cl
Slightly Damaged
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Clos Rougeard Saumur Champigny Le Bourg 1995 Magnum -5% DISCOUNT !

€1,938.00 inc-VAT per bottle €2,040.00 inc-VAT -5%
€1,615.00 ex-VAT
Clos Rougeard Saumur Champigny Le Bourg 1997 Magnum -5% DISCOUNT !
-5%
Last one !
1 in stock
55587
Red
150cl
Slightly Damaged
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Clos Rougeard Saumur Champigny Le Bourg 1997 Magnum -5% DISCOUNT !

€1,938.00 inc-VAT per bottle €2,040.00 inc-VAT -5%
€1,615.00 ex-VAT
Bruno Richard Saumur Champigny Les Poyeux 2018 Magnum
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1 in stock
82626
Red
150cl
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Bruno Richard Saumur Champigny Les Poyeux 2018 Magnum

€168.00 inc-VAT per bottle
€140.00 ex-VAT
Domaine des Closiers Saumur Champigny Trézellières 2019 Magnum
3 in stock
89432
Red
150cl
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Domaine des Closiers Saumur Champigny Trézellières 2019 Magnum

€138.00 inc-VAT per bottle
€115.00 ex-VAT
Clos Rougeard Saumur Champigny Les Poyeux 2017 OWC
Bio
6 in stock
93687
Red
75cl
Original wood case - Sold by 6
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Clos Rougeard Saumur Champigny Les Poyeux 2017 OWC

€252.00 inc-VAT per bottle
€210.00 ex-VAT
La Bonnelière Saumur Champigny Les Poyeux 2017
3 in stock
102941
Red
75cl
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La Bonnelière Saumur Champigny Les Poyeux 2017

€26.40 inc-VAT per bottle
€22.00 ex-VAT
Bobinet Saumur Champigny Hanami 2014
2 in stock
113997
Red
75cl
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Bobinet Saumur Champigny Hanami 2014

€24.00 inc-VAT per bottle
€20.00 ex-VAT
Clos Rougeard Saumur Champigny Les Poyeux 2019 OWC
6 in stock
116247
Red
75cl
Original wood case - Sold by 6
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Clos Rougeard Saumur Champigny Les Poyeux 2019 OWC

€216.00 inc-VAT per bottle
€180.00 ex-VAT
Clos Cristal Cristal Closed 2015
-10%
Last one !
1 in stock
116374
Red
75cl
Damaged
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Clos Cristal Cristal Closed 2015 -10% DISCOUNT !

€32.40 inc-VAT per bottle €36.00 inc-VAT -10%
€27.00 ex-VAT
L'Ours Bleu Saumur Champigny Salles Martin 2020
12 in stock
119518
Red
75cl
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L'Ours Bleu Saumur Champigny La Salle Martin 2020

€28.00 inc-VAT per bottle
€23.33 ex-VAT
Clos Rougeard Saumur Champigny Les Poyeux 2019 OWC
6 in stock
122900
Red
75cl
Original wood case - Sold by 6
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Clos Rougeard Saumur Champigny Les Poyeux 2019 OWC

€216.00 inc-VAT per bottle
€180.00 ex-VAT
Domaine des Frogères Saumur Champigny Les Poyeux 2021
8 in stock
116799
Red
75cl
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Domaine des Frogères Saumur Champigny Les Poyeux 2021

€12.00 inc-VAT per bottle
€10.00 ex-VAT
Clos Rougeard Saumur Champigny Le Clos 2005
1 in stock
127575
Red
75cl
Slightly Damaged
16/20
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Clos Rougeard Saumur Champigny Le Clos 2005

€270.00 inc-VAT per bottle
€225.00 ex-VAT
Clos Rougeard Saumur Champigny Le Bourg 2005
1 in stock
128515
Red
75cl
94-95/100
18/20
19/20
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Clos Rougeard Saumur Champigny Le Bourg 2005

€540.00 inc-VAT per bottle
€450.00 ex-VAT
Clos Rougeard Saumur Champigny Le Bourg 2006
1 in stock
128516
Red
75cl
92/100
17.5/20
18/20
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Clos Rougeard Saumur Champigny Le Bourg 2006

€456.00 inc-VAT per bottle
€380.00 ex-VAT
Clos Rougeard Saumur Champigny Le Clos 2006
2 in stock
128518
Red
75cl
16/20
16/20
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Clos Rougeard Saumur Champigny Le Clos 2006

€198.00 inc-VAT per bottle
€165.00 ex-VAT
Clos Rougeard Saumur Champigny Les Poyeux 2019
1 in stock
128934
Red
75cl
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Clos Rougeard Saumur-Champigny Les Poyeux 2019

€216.00 inc-VAT per bottle
€180.00 ex-VAT
Clos Rougeard Saumur Champigny Le Clos 2006
New
1 in stock
130654
Red
75cl
91/100
16/20
16/20
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Clos Rougeard Saumur Champigny Le Clos 2006

€198.00 inc-VAT per bottle
€165.00 ex-VAT
Clos Rougeard Saumur Champigny Le Bourg 2003 -PROMO -5%!
New
-5%
1 in stock
130872
Red
75cl
Damaged
91/100
18.5/20
18.5/20
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Clos Rougeard Saumur Champigny Le Bourg 2003 -PROMO -5%!

€456.00 inc-VAT per bottle €480.00 inc-VAT -5%
€380.00 ex-VAT
Clos Rougeard Saumur Champigny Le Clos 2017
New
1 in stock
131124
Red
75cl
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Clos Rougeard Saumur-Champigny Le Clos 2017

€168.00 inc-VAT per bottle
€140.00 ex-VAT
The TOP appellation of Loire

Where is the Saumur-Champigny appellation located?

The appellation is located in Maine-et-Loire, in the Val de Loire, immediately to the east and south of the town of Saumur, on the left bank of the river. The area covers nine historic villages now grouped into seven communes: Saumur and Dampierre-sur-Loire, Souzay-Champigny, Parnay, Turquant, Montsoreau, Varrains, as well as Chacé and Saint-Cyr-en-Bourg, united within Bellevigne-les-Châteaux. The vineyard extends over approximately 1,500 hectares, between 40 and 110 meters of altitude, on the Turonian cuesta and the formations that surmount it.

This vineyard forms part of the wider area of the Saumur appellation, which produces chenin whites, fine sparkling wines and rosés, and neighbors Coteaux de Saumur, Saumur Puy-Notre-Dame and, on the other side of the departmental boundary, Chinon. The landscape, dotted with troglodyte caves carved into the tuffeau, châteaux and white villages, belongs to the Loire-Anjou-Touraine regional nature park and to the Val de Loire area inscribed on UNESCO's World Heritage List.

History of the Saumur-Champigny appellation

The history of this vineyard begins in 1066 with the clearing of the Bois Doré hillside, which overlooks the Loire from Saumur to Montsoreau, by the monks of Saint-Florent. Long dedicated to chenin blanc under the name Coteaux de Saumur, it saw red wine appear at the beginning of the 17th century. Cabernet franc, locally known as breton, was notably introduced by Cardinal Richelieu around 1630, even if its establishment appears to predate this and to be linked to exchanges between Anjou and Aquitaine. In 1845, Comte Odart already cited the wines of Champigny alongside those of Chinon and Bourgueil.

The variety's rise owes much to Antoine Cristal, an innovative winemaker from Parnay in the late 19th century, whose wines impressed Georges Clemenceau. After phylloxera and the crises of the early 20th century, red wines definitively gained ground: the appellation was recognized in 1957, the year the cooperative cellar of Saint-Cyr-en-Bourg was founded, opening the Paris markets and then export markets. A dedicated decree in 1999 gave it its own autonomous specifications, revised on several occasions since, notably to make a vegetal cover between the rows compulsory. From 350 hectares in 1970, the vineyard has grown to some 1,500 hectares today, exported to more than forty countries.

What are the terroirs of the Saumur-Champigny appellation?

The terroirs rest on tuffeau, the soft Turonian chalk that built the châteaux of the Loire and that shelters vast caves carved into the hillsides. The delimited plots are distributed across the various Turonian formations: rendzinas and brown calcareous soils of varying depth, locally covered at the top of the slopes by sands and clays derived from more recent Senonian or Eocene formations. These shallow, healthy soils, free from waterlogging, offer excellent thermal behavior and a regular but measured water supply — the ideal condition for ripening cabernet franc without excess.

The climate is oceanic, nuanced by a föhn effect linked to the Mauges massifs located to the west: annual rainfall is only 550 to 600 millimeters, compared with more than 800 on the neighboring hills, and the average temperature is around 12 °C, with a few southerly nuances brought by the Poitou gateway. Certain lieux-dits enjoy a long-standing reputation, beginning with Les Poyeux, in Chacé, cited as early as 1802 among the finest crus of the Saumurois and nicknamed the gold mine, or Le Bourg, as well as the slopes of Souzay, Champigny and Dampierre, already distinguished in the 19th century.

Which grape varieties are authorized in the Saumur-Champigny appellation?

The authorized grape variety is above all cabernet franc, the sole principal variety, supplemented on an accessory basis by cabernet sauvignon and pineau d'Aunis, whose combined share cannot exceed 15% of the encépagement or of the blend. In practice, the overwhelming majority of cuvées is pure cabernet franc, as winemakers consider that this chalky terroir is one of the world's cradles of the variety.

On the tuffeau, cabernet franc sheds all rusticity and delivers a brilliant fruit of raspberry, redcurrant and blackcurrant, a floral note of violet and that spiced touch of grey pepper that defines the appellation. Pineau d'Aunis, more discreet, sometimes adds an additional peppery nuance. The specifications require a minimum density of 4,000 vines per hectare, a yield of 57 hectoliters per hectare, the compulsory completion of malolactic fermentation, and prohibit irrigation.

What are the different styles of Saumur-Champigny wines?

Only one color is produced, red, but in several quite distinct styles. The so-called fruit cuvées, derived from short tank macerations and aged without wood, offer a bright ruby color, a nose of fresh red fruits and a supple, indulgent palate, to be enjoyed within the first three years, lightly chilled to around 14 °C. The old-vine and lieu-dit cuvées, harvested at low yields and aged twelve to twenty-four months in barrel or in large cask, gain in depth: dense substance, silky tannins, notes of ripe blackcurrant, graphite, blonde tobacco and gentle spices.

Winemaking today favors gentle extractions, infusions and sometimes whole-cluster vinification, with a growing share of estates farming organically or biodynamically, the appellation being something of a pioneer in the Loire for respectful viticulture. In terms of food pairings, the fruitier versions accompany charcuterie, rillauds, fouées, roast poultry or a board of goat's cheeses such as sainte-maure; the keeping cuvées call for a leg of lamb, a magret, a pigeon, a rib of beef or a mushroom-braised dish, a nod to the mushroom caves carved into the tuffeau.

What are the best vintages of Saumur-Champigny?

The reference vintages of the past thirty years reward years that were warm but not torrid, the only ones capable of fully ripening cabernet franc. 1996, 2002, 2005, 2009, 2010, 2015, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022 and 2023 are the safe bets, 2005 and 2010 for their classicism and length, 2015 and 2019 for their solar density, 2022 and 2023 for their fully achieved ripeness combined with fine freshness.

More challenging years call for careful selection from the estate: 2003, marked by the heatwave, 2007, 2011 and 2013, more diluted, 2016, 2017 and 2021, reduced by spring frosts but capable of producing taut, digestible cuvées in small volumes, and 2024, tested by exceptional downy mildew pressure. Concretely, the fruit cuvées from the 2022 and 2023 vintages are ready to open now, while the old-vine wines from 2018, 2019 and 2020 still merit a few more years in the cellar to come together.

What are the best estates of the Saumur-Champigny appellation?

The appellation's cult estate is Clos Rougeard, the property of the Foucault family since 1664 and brought to its peak by brothers Charly and Nady from 1969 onwards: cultivation without herbicides, minuscule yields, ageing of eighteen to thirty months in barrels and a refusal of any oenological compromise. Its three cuvées, Le Clos, Les Poyeux and Le Bourg, from vines fifty to seventy years old, are traded at grand cru prices and have durably changed the way cabernet franc is perceived; the estate was acquired in 2017 by the Bouygues family, owners of Château Montrose. Le Domaine des Roches Neuves, taken over in 1991 by Thierry and Marie Germain in Varrains, is its modern continuation: twenty-eight hectares farmed biodynamically, divided into some sixty plots, and cuvées that have become benchmarks — Terres Chaudes, Franc de Pied, Les Mémoires and Clos de l'Échelier — in an airy, infused style.

Château de Villeneuve, in Souzay-Champigny, has for decades embodied the classic elegance of the cru under the stewardship of Jean-Pierre Chevallier, with a very reliable Vieilles Vignes and a Grand Clos built for ageing, which ranks among the most consistent bottles in the Loire. Château Yvonne, in Parnay, has established itself more recently through meticulous parcel-by-parcel work and wines of great purity, the cuvée La Folie perfectly illustrating the chalky finesse of the area. Domaine Antoine Sanzay, in Varrains, cultivates plots of old vines in Les Poyeux and produces concentrated, saline reds that are highly sought after in small quantities. Even more confidential, La Porte Saint Jean, led by Sylvain Dittière, wins over lovers of vibrant, low-sulphite wines.

How long should a Saumur-Champigny wine be kept?

The ageing potential depends directly on the style of the cuvée. Fruit wines, aged in tank, are ideally drunk within two to five years, to make the most of their crunch and aromatic brilliance. Old-vine and lieu-dit cuvées, aged in barrel, blossom between six and fifteen years, while the finest bottles from terroirs such as Les Poyeux or Le Bourg hold without difficulty for twenty years and more in solar vintages, developing notes of undergrowth, leather and tobacco.

A stable cellar between 10 and 14 °C, at around 70% humidity, sheltered from light and vibrations, with bottles lying on their sides, guarantees this slow evolution. When serving, young cuvées benefit from being chilled to between 14 and 15 °C, without prolonged decanting — a simple fifteen-minute airing being sufficient to open up the fruit. Keeping wines are served at around 16 °C and can handle an hour in a decanter in their youth, while bottles more than fifteen years old should be decanted gently, just before serving, to preserve their tertiary aromas.

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