Arnaud Lambert Montée des Roches 2018
Red
Saumur, France
6.9
WineSaint
Gripping tannins dominate despite the vintage's warmth, creating tension between austerity and ripe red cherry fruit. The 14% alcohol brings weight and a gentle heat that lingers, but the stern structure feels unresolved. Needs another year or two to soften and integrate.
red cherryraspberrywarm spicemineral
Label
Arnaud Lambert
→Arnaud Lambert makes some of Saumur's most precise whites and reds from tuffeau-heavy sites around Brézé, with single-vineyard bottlings that reward careful attention to vintage and site.