Chateau Soucherie, Savennieres, Clos des Perrieres 2013 Barbaresco Merlot and Malbec are aged

Merlot and Malbec are aged 21 months in (50% new) French oak

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it has the fruit to drink well today but will be even better in 3-4 years and keep for two decades

Lafon’s innovation not only proved that a lieu-dit (a non-classified vineyard) could say something profound

Chateau Soucherie, Savennieres, Clos des Perrieres 2013 Barbaresco Merlot and Malbec are agedWhen our longtime partner Chteau Soucherie changed hands in the late 2000s, new owner Roger Beguinot enacted many positive changes at the winery, working toward organic certification, improving cellar equipment, andvitallyfinding new talent to shepherd the estates formidable holdings in Savennieres and Coteaux du Layon into compelling wines. Early on, future Anjou superstar Thibaud Boudignon was the full time cellarmaster for Beguinot, and while he