Arnaud Lambert

Loire ValleyFrance
Top soil from Arnaud Lambert's vineyard composed of Clay and sand in Brézé, Saumur
Arnaud Lambert winemaker from the Loire Valley.
Arnaud Lambert's wine cellar in Saumur, Loire Valley
Rocks from Cabernet Franc vineyards in Saumur
Chenin blanc vines in the Loire Valley
Tuffeau limestone rocks in Arnaud Lambert's vineyard
Chenin blanc vines from Arnaud Lambert's vineyards
Chenin Blanc grapes from Arnaud Lambert's vineyards
Terroir from Arnaud Lambert's vineyard
Arnaud Lambert at his vineyard in Saumur
Rocks in Arnaud Lambert's Chenin blanc vineyards in the Loire Valley
Soil from Arnaud Lambert's vineyard in Breze
Arnaud Lambert Chenin blanc and Cabernet Franc producer
Outside view of Arnaud Lambert's underground wine cellar.
Arnaud Lambert's underground wine cellar
Arnaud Lambert's Chenin blanc Clos de la Rue

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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.
Clos Moleton | Arnaud Lambert

Arnaud Lambert - 2019 St. Cyr en Bourg, Clos Moleton, Rouge

Price: $57.00
Size: 750ml
Availability: 

7 in stock

Type of Wine: Red
Grape(s): 100% Cabernet Franc
Style: Rich, Elegant and Aromatic

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.