FFW 2021 Wine Catalogue

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SAUMURROUGE, CHÂTEAUFOUQUET DOMAINE FILLIATREAU 2014 DRINK2020 - 2025

SAUMURROUGE, LECLOS, CHÂTEAUFOUQUET DOMAINE FILLIATREAU 2017 DRINK2020 - 2035

6x75 £60

6x75 £115

Beautifully, bright crunchy red fruit on the nose, spices & violet. Very cabernet Franc. The palate shows pure red fruit, a hint of spice too. It is a pure energetic red. Brilliant luncheon drinking when chilled slightly and served with saucisson!

The Le Clos is a single vineyard of vine, the nose is richer with deep red fruit violet and lightly scented menthol too. The palate is ripe and almost Claret like, akin to the Cab Franc drivenwines of the right bank. It again has brilliantly purity, zippy acidity keeps the palate fresh and the length is excellent. This is a very serious step up and any claret lover would enjoy a drop of this!

The 2018 Domaine Filliatreau Ch. Fouquet, a 100 per cent Cabernet Franc fromSaumur, is similarly beguiling. It’s more a lunchtime than a dinnertime wine and none the worse for that. Indeed, I knocked back a bottle during lunch only last Sunday.

—JONATHANRAY, THE SPECTATOR

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