Arnaud Lambert
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Arnaud Lambert - 2019 St. Cyr en Bourg, Clos Moleton, Rouge
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GROWER OVERVIEW
Arnaud Lambert established his eponymous domaine in 2017 with the merger of his family’s Domaine de Saint-Just and the rented parcels from Château de Brézé. He farms more than 40 hectares of organic vineyards in Saumur’s continental climate with unusually dry conditions due to the rain shadow effect of the Massif Armoricain. In this part of the “Anjou Blanc,” the vineyards are on tuffeau limestone bedrock with topsoil variations of clay and sand. Still wines from Chenin Blanc and Cabernet Franc are vinified and aged in variations of steel, concrete, and small and large wooden vats without added sulfites until bottling.
VINEYARD DETAILS
Lambert’s Saumur-Champigny “Clos Moleton” is 100% Cabernet Franc planted 40 years ago (2021) at 80m on the windy and flat hilltop of Saint-Cyr with tuffeau limestone bedrock and 50cm of clay, sand and silt.
CELLAR NOTES
Destemmed and fermented in concrete for 3 weeks with the first 3-4 days a single pump over and remaining weeks a gentle wetting of cap, at 24°C max. 24 months in 20% new and 80% 1-2-year-old 225L French oak, and 5-6 months in steel. Sulfites added only at bottling.































