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What is the history of the Clos Rougeard estate and why is it so renowned?
Clos Rougeard was founded in 1664 on the lands of Chacé, a village located not far from Saumur, and eight generations of winemakers have succeeded one another at its helm. It was the Foucault family, and more particularly brothers Charly and Nady, who forged the estate's international reputation from the 1970s onwards, by adopting viticulture free of chemical inputs at a time when agrochemistry was dominant. In 1993, during a blind tasting held in Paris bringing together great wines from Pomerol, the Clos Rougeard cuvée Le Bourg came out on top ahead of the appellation's greatest names. This remarkable feat definitively established the estate as an absolute reference in the Loire Valley.
