Domaine Filliatreau Saumur Champigny Vielles Vignes 2009 Appellation - Barbera d'Alba This wine hails from just

This wine hails from just across the Rhone river from Châteauneuf-du-Pape in Lirac and comes from a winemaker who returned home to focus on sustainable winemaking in Barossa and at Vieux Telegraphe

32% Cinsault

Focusing first on the cabernet fruit from our mineral-rich

There is no dossage and the wine rests for 30 months on the lees

who took over the estate in 1998 with his wife Laurence

Domaine Filliatreau Saumur Champigny Vielles Vignes 2009 Appellation - Barbera d'Alba This wine hails from justDomaine Filliatreau is a large estate of about 50 hectares located near the city of Saumur. The estate is known for its fruity, easy drinking style of Cabernet Franc; in fact it was founder Paul Filliatreau's stylistic shift to stainless steel vinifications with short macerations in the 1970's that made the style popular and in demand in Parisian bistros. 100% Cabernet Franc. The vieilles vignes in this case range from 50 to 100 years old and are