Hailing from the historic Saumur region of France’s Loire Valley, Clos Rougeard is an estate of legendary proportions, long revered for setting the absolute benchmark for Chenin Blanc just as they do for their reds. Decades before organic and biodynamic practices became modern trends, the Foucault family quietly preserved ancestral farming methods, treating their vineyards with a site-specific intensity usually reserved for Grand Cru Burgundy. For the serious collector, securing a bottle from this iconic estate is a definitive milestone. Because our annual allocation of this newly arrived 2020 vintage is strictly limited to just a handful of bottles, this represents a rare window to acquire a pristine cellar cornerstone where global demand perpetually outstrips supply.

Sourced from just a single hectare of 40- to 50-year-old Chenin Blanc vines, "Brézé" is one of the rarest and most collectible dry white wines in all of France. The famed, elevated hill of Brézé features heavy limestone and clay soils that produce a white wine of blistering, laser-like acidity married to an immense, smoky density. Fermented and aged in oak barrels for up to 24 months, the 2020 vintage displays extraordinary weight, intense mineral drive, and complex notes of citrus oil, white flowers, and crushed stone. It behaves much like a Grand Cru Burgundy or Chablis and is a mandatory addition to any serious cellar.

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