Arnaud Lambert CABERNET FRANC | Saumur Rouge and Saumur-Champigny | Cab Franc Chronicles

*ORIGINALLY RECORDED LIVE DECEMBER 3, 2023* This appears to have gotten misplaced in my video file archives, hence the late upload! Apologies for the video quality and that I was unable to properly share the image assets and maps I had prepared for this video. In this video, I take you on a side-by-side deep dive into two wines by Arnaud Lambert: 2021 Saumur Rouge "Clos Mazurique" and the 2021 Saumur-Champigny "Terres Rouges." Both wines represent Arnaud's "entry-level" cuvées from each appellation and are effectively made in the same way. In the video, I cover the story of the domaine, and go in-depth on the details of each lieu-dit. Chapters/time stamps are noted below for easy navigation. 0:00 Intro/Preamble 4:08 Importance of Loire Valley Cabernet Franc 6:36 Domaine Arnaud Lambert - History/Overview 11:37 Arnaud's Cabernet Franc range 12:32 My personal discovery and journey re the domaine 16:21 Brief mention of the two appellations 17:19 Cloș Mazurique - Brézé history 19:50 Map Visual 20:53 Cloș Mazurique - Brézé location and terroir 23:12 Cloș Mazurique - Brézé underlying geology and soils 26:42 Clos Mazurique - Vineyard Detail and SOILS 32:11 Terres Rouges - St-Cyr-en-Bourg location and terroir 37:16 2021 Vintage 38:45 Audience question - How clay "shows" in wines 40:49 Audience question - How sand "shows" in wines 41:51 Winemaking 43:52 Cloș Mazurique Tasting Notes 49:31 Sucrocity 50:16 Terres Rouges Tasting Notes 54:19 Sucrocity ramble con'td 55:15 Tasting notes cont'd 56:04 Audience question - Arnaud's approach to extractions 59:43 Audience question - Whole berry, whole cluster, alcohol 1:01:53 Closing thoughts - Arnaud's style 1:03:28 Audience question - Expression typicity 1:05:00 Food pairings 1:08:13 Closing thoughts and thank you Key wine facts below: Clos Mazurique 2021 Appellation: Saumur Rouge Commune: Brézé Soil: 50cm clay-silt-sand mix (argile limoneuse) with 50% stoniness (alluvions), over Middle Turonian white tuffeau chalk (craie grise) Alcohol: 13% Terres Rouges 2021 Appellation: Saumur-Champigny Commune: Saint-Cyr-en-Bourg Soil: 60cm silt-sand-clay mix (limon sablo-argileux), 30cm sand-silt subsoil, over the Middle Turonian tuffeau chalk (craie verte) Alcohol: 13% #cabernetfranc #cabfranc #loirevalleywine #saumurchampigny #saumur