Thanks to the Clos Rougeard, Saumur Champigny has become a hot bed of new and exciting producers. But around the village of Varrains, Le Petit Saint Vincent (Dominique Joseph) has been making exciting wines for... Read More

Thanks to the Clos Rougeard, Saumur Champigny has become a hot bed of new and exciting producers. But around the village of Varrains, Le Petit Saint Vincent (Dominique Joseph) has been making exciting wines for decades, and he’s been doing it all organically. Just like his neighbors at Clos Rougeard, he’s got the terroir that makes Saumur Champigny so great – limestone and clay – and he applies his hard work and traditional methods to let it shine. 

If you’re lucky enough to drink Clos Rougeard, you’ll notice one big difference with these wines: they are not aged in oak. Instead they are vinified and aged in concrete, this gives just a little more immediate access to the taste of Varrains—its clean fruit, savory nuance, and cool limestoniness.