Brendan Stater-West Saumur Blanc 2024 hide-gift-message Entrancing aromas of dried fruit

Entrancing aromas of dried fruit

The 2015 is 100% Chardonnay fermented in 228-liter oak barrels at a very cool 12 degrees

agave rested for 5 days after harvest

Nagano Prefecture

Loire fans

Brendan Stater-West Saumur Blanc 2024 hide-gift-message Entrancing aromas of dried fruitSaumur Chenin with Clos Rougeard DNA running through it. Brendan Stater West came to Paris to teach English, fell hard enough for Chenin Blanc to move to Saumur, and talked his way into a job as Romain Guiberteau's right hand man before starting his own very small domaine. The fruit comes off organically certified vines on Saumur's tuffeau limestone, whole cluster pressed and fermented with ambient yeasts; the wines run so low in pH that malolactic