Domaine Filliatreau, Saumur-Champigny Vieilles Vignes, 2005 so012824 January Cellar Roundup offer The New York Times called

The New York Times called Michel Tête's wines "the class of Juliénas"—and this fourth-generation estate proves why

Even the botanicals are Piedmontese in origin: Tansy and Artemisia

originally planted in 1886

Perfect for: martinis

with a hint of reduction and light CO2—signatures of its spontaneous fermentation in neutral oak foudres

Domaine Filliatreau, Saumur-Champigny Vieilles Vignes, 2005 so012824 January Cellar Roundup offer The New York Times calledDomaine Filliatreau is the name that put Saumur Champigny on the map Paul Filliatreau's work with Cabernet Franc in the 1960s and '70s single handedly redefined what this Loire appellation could be, and the Vieilles Vignes is the bottling that made the case. The fruit comes from old vine parcels around the historic hamlet of Chaintres, on shallow soils over Turonian tuffeau chalk, which gives the wine its trademark mineral lift and freshness. This is