"The 2021 Château Fouquet bottling from Domaine Filliatreau is an excellent, young Saumur. Readers may recall that this vineyard is located in the commune of Brézé, which Paul Filliatreau purchased in rundown condition in 1987 and replanted in 1989 with cabernet franc cuttings from Charles Joguet. The wine is impressively ripe for a 2021, tipping the scales at 13.5 percent octane and offers up a lovely mix of red and black fruit in its aromatic constellation of cherries, dark berries, cigar wrapper, juniper berries, a lovely base of tuffeau soil tones and a topnote of bonfire. On the palate the wine is bright, full-bodied and very precise, with a good core of fruit, fine soil signature, tangy acids and excellent balance on the long, complex and ripely tannic finish. In a pinch, this wine is approachable today, but really needs at least five or six years in the cellar to soften up its underlying tannins a bit more before it will start firing on all cylinders. It is a lovely, low fat example of Saumur-Champigny with loads of personality. 2030-2075. "