Arnaud Lambert Clos Mazurique Saumur Brézé 2021

“TOP 100 PRODUCERS OF FRANCE FOR 2019”
”One of the most talented winemakers in the Loire – he farms his 40 hectares in a method close to biodynamic. His whole range of wines have drive, and are regularly among the best wines in and around Saumur. The whites have remarkable finesse and are extremely delicate. Also, they are chenins that are agreeable young, which is sufficiently rare as to be emphasized. His reds are at the same level. Good vine age counts for a lot, his talent just as much. A benchmark winery!”  Bettane & Dessauve 2019 – Top 100 Producers of France
Today, Arnaud’s holdings encompass some 50-odd distinct parcels spread across the appellations of Saumur and Saumur-Champigny, each one a unique terroir with a different aspect and topsoil overlaying the famous tuffeau limestone of the region.

It all started in 1996 when Arnaud’s father Yves established Domaine de Saint-Just, named after the neighbouring village Saint-Just-sur-Dive, just 5 minutes down the road from both Brézé and Saint-Cyr-en-Bourg. In 2005 Arnaud joined his father at the domaine, taking it organic in 2009 (certified in 2012) and adding eight clos parcels (walled vineyards) from the Château de Brézé in the same year. In 2017, all the wines were consolidated under the Arnaud Lambert label and in 2018, Arnaud moved the domaine to biodynamic viticulture (in conversion).

This wine is 100% Cabernet Franc from a 3.7 ha west facing site on silty clay over Turonian limestone on the southern side of Brézé planted in 1990. 100% de-stemmed and fermented with partial whole berries with indigenous yeast in concrete tank for 5 months with a very gentle maceration using infusion and no pump overs. Very expressive and perfumed and made in pure juicy and early drinking style. Very fresh and fine with lovely light texture and very little tannin this is a perfect wine for spring and summer and early drinking. Super attractive and great drinking and refreshment even in the warmer months. Bottled un-fined and unfiltered.

92 points, La Revue du Vin de France, July 2022. ’Of great purity, this wine has a precise definition, svelte, and offers the very energetic flesh of Cabernet Franc. What brilliance.’