Guiberteau Saumur Rouge Les Chapaudaises 2023 ABC321 Corvina is the backbone of

Corvina is the backbone of Valpolicella and Amarone

The kind of bottle that quietly ruins you for ordinary rosé

Rostaing's bottling is a textbook expression: dark-fruited

and it shows what the grape can do when treated as a serious wine rather than a beach quaffer

tasting unmistakably of the ground it grew in

Guiberteau Saumur Rouge Les Chapaudaises 2023 ABC321 Corvina is the backbone ofA single vineyard Saumur from cult Loire producer Romain Guiberteau. 'Les Chapaudaises' is a parcel of Cabernet Franc on clay limestone near Le Puy Notre Dame, and it gives one of his more open, perfumed and fruit forward reds a little more approachable young than the firmer Les Arboises. Farmed organically and made with native yeasts and minimal intervention, it carries the chalky tension and purity that make Guiberteau a reference for serious Saumur