Antoine Sanzay Saumur-Champigny La Paterne 2024 TBO picked mainly in the Kestener

picked mainly in the Kestener Paulinshofberg

A wine collectors chase for good reason

Melo is Raphael Saint-Cyr's co-ferment of Gamay

holding the traditional line while the appellation modernized around him

With over a year and a half in bottle

Antoine Sanzay Saumur-Champigny La Paterne 2024 TBO picked mainly in the KestenerAntoine Sanzay farms in the most rarefied neighborhood in the Loire, Saumur Champigny, next door to legends like Clos Rougeard, and he's carrying the torch for Cabernet Franc as a serious, ageable wine. La Paterne is his most welcoming cuvee: 100% Cabernet Franc from 45 plus year old vines rooted in iron rich clay and limestone over the region's signature tuffeau chalk. It's certified organic, fermented with wild yeast in concrete, and raised mostly