2005 René Noël Legrand Saumur-Champigny Les Rogelins

Community Tasting Notes (3) Avg Score: 88.8 points

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  10/24/2022 - eboracum wrote: 88 Points

  I was a bit disappointed with this bottle compared with the previous. The elegant raspberry tinged fruit is still there but I no longer found the roundness I noted before and the acidity seemed more prominent and out of balance, particularly after savoury food when many mature wines show their best. Bottle variation? Still good though.

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  2/16/2019 - eboracum Likes this wine: 91 Points

  This wine continues to develop. At first, before food, it seemed a bit shy on the nose and strong in acidity and tannins but with the passage of a little time its flavours developed to reveal round fruit, fine minerals, suave texture, good depth and length pushing the acidity and tannins into good balance. The oak treatment which was obtrusive when young is now hardly perceptible in flavour but contributes to the texture. Continued to reveal new subtleties towards the end. Very good.

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  8/30/2016 - eboracum Likes this wine: 91 Points

  When I visited the estate in 2008, I found this wine difficult to taste because of harsh dry caramel notes on the finish from new oak barrels. However, such was my confidence in the ageing ability of most of Legrand's cuvées that I bought some and, having waited till 11 years from the vintage, my confidence has been proved justified. Colour was a deep vigorous red; the nose was still a bit shy but showed polished complexity of ripe CabFranc fruit, earthy minerals and faint leather. The medium/full bodied palate developed the aromas from the nose with good depth of fine fruit, generosity from the warm vintage, fresh acidity and still firm tannins supporting the decently long finish. The once obtrusive oak was now no more than a well integrated patina. I feel that there is more development potential here. It batted in the same league of class as the preceding elderly Haut-Bailly with naturally a lot more vigour and some of us preferred it. Very good.

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