Domaine Arnaud Lambert 'Les Terres Rouges' 2021

Available from Petite when we last checked. Sold from the shop’s own store; the price there is the one that counts.

Inside the Bottle: The vineyards that make up this charming and utterly delicious wine come from Saumur-Champigny’s most southern hill, Saint-Cyr-en-Bourg. Les Terres Rouges is composed of numerous small plots blended into one larger south-facing vineyard area, just across from the now famous hill, Brézé. The southern aspect gives the wine plenty of needed sunshine in a region that has a long, drawn out growing season that can bring several rain storms in early fall, just about the time they are