Domaine Antoine Sanzay - Saumur-Champigny - Les Poyeux 2022

La Haye Dampierre from domaine Antoine Sanzay plays the card of intense, ripe fruit. Maturing in concrete vats gives it roundness and gourmandise. A rich, gourmet Saumur-Champigny to accompany fine red meats or autumnal dishes with mushrooms.Guide des meilleurs vins de France 2023: 90/100

The Terres rouges cuvée is a new plot-based cuvée from the domaine Antoine Sanzay. This highly ambitious cuvée has a deep, intense black color. The nose is very open on opening, developing notes of black fruit. The palate is complex, with hints of fruit and spice, underpinned by supple, round, high-quality tannins. Nice length for this cuvée to leave in the cellar or enjoy now after a long decanting. Guide des meilleurs vins de France 2023 : 92/100

The cuvée La Paterne domaine du Antoine Sanzay is a major success in this very Loire Valley 2023 vintage. This Saumur-Champigny plays the card of freshness and fruit, with a lovely supple body. A superb Loire wine of the highest quality.

RVF : 90/100

La Haye Dampierre 2023 is the concentrated single-vineyard cuvée from Domaine Antoine Sanzay — "a high-quality micro-cuvée with excellent aging potential."

The color is deep ruby with violet highlights. The nose is very expressive, with notes of fresh black fruit, violet, and licorice. The palate is silky and dense, concentrated, with lovely freshness throughout the tasting, very subtle and well-integrated oak, and a long, lingering finish. Serve at 15–16 °C; decant.

100% organic Cabernet Franc AB 2014, tuffeau and loam, Dampierre-sur-Loire. Long maceration with indigenous yeasts, aged in oak barrels that have held 3 to 6 vintages.

Aging potential: 6–10 years.