Vignoble Musset-Roullier, Anjou Rouge “Les Neuf Vingt”

To paraphrase Michael Corleone: Just when I think I’ve found the greatest wine value on earth, another bottle comes along that forces me to re-calibrate. Don’t get me wrong, that’s a good problem to have in the annus horribilis that is 2020, but it makes it difficult to do proper justice to a wine like Musset-Roullier’s Anjou Rouge “Les Neuf Vingt.”Over the last few months, we’ve offered some absolute showstoppers in the $25 range, and this one is not merely the latest, but arguably the best (at least until the next one comes along). This is Loire red wine of uncommon class and complexity at this price point, a wine which—like Musset-Roullier’s Anjou Blanc back in June—catapulted to the top of our “Value of the Year” list (an unofficial, ever-changing list, but one we very much enjoy keeping). This is also a wine that is the product of a unique and enduring partnership between Gilles Musset and Serge Roullier, who decided they could make better wines by joining forces: They combined th