Rosé does not make it often on lists of serious high quality wines, but the 2020 Thibaud Boudignon Rosé de Loire should be there. It stood out in a recent tasting of about 30 Rosés.
The grape composition is not entirely clear, but it is roughly 90% Cabernet Franc and 10% of a white wine variety, either Chenin Blanc or Grolleau. The regime is biodynamic. The wine is directly pressed and vinified like a white wine, with indigenous yeast.
This wine has a light apricot orange colour, not as pale as Rosés from Provence. The flavours are apricot and yellow peach. This is a bone dry wine of great purity. It is flavoursome, quite linear with a firm structure and a long finish.
Score: 92/+++
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