Domaine de l'Enchantoir / Saumur
1646
Purchased in 2016 by the dynamic Brunet family, an estate raising pristine cuvées of Chenin Blanc and Cabernet Franc. Viticulture is certified organic, with minimal adds in the winery. As a set all wines show a lovely balance between fruit, texture and some awesome minerality, particularly contrasting through the three reds.
The area has a colourful history, with the chalk soils tunnelled extensively during the Second World War as hiding for the French resistance; it’s not uncommon for the ground to give way on occasion and sink a tractor. The estate also offers two reds under the relatively new appellation of Saumur Puy-Notre-Dame, which are renowned for more intense and long-lived expressions.
