Domaine Filliatreau, Saumur-Champigny Vieilles Vignes, 2005 so012824 January Cellar Roundup offer Vigna Ca' Mia comes from

Vigna Ca' Mia comes from a prime slice of the Brea vineyard in Serralunga

Even the botanicals are Piedmontese in origin: Tansy and Artemisia

The terroir's chalkier character yields a wine of elegant chiseling and precision

originally planted in 1886

Domaine Filliatreau, Saumur-Champigny Vieilles Vignes, 2005 so012824 January Cellar Roundup offer Vigna Ca' Mia comes fromDomaine Filliatreau is the name that put Saumur Champigny on the map Paul Filliatreau's work with Cabernet Franc in the 1960s and '70s single handedly redefined what this Loire appellation could be, and the Vieilles Vignes is the bottling that made the case. The fruit comes from old vine parcels around the historic hamlet of Chaintres, on shallow soils over Turonian tuffeau chalk, which gives the wine its trademark mineral lift and freshness. This is