Brendan Stater-West Saumur Blanc 2024 hide-gift-message fortified with a bit of

fortified with a bit of vin de paille

ungrafted Bobal vines

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A blend with more age

‘Côte Rozier

Brendan Stater-West Saumur Blanc 2024 hide-gift-message fortified with a bit ofSaumur 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