2022 Domaine du Collier Saumur Blanc La Charpenterie, Loire, France Pingus Purchased fruit

Purchased fruit

Vinification: Chilled overnight

but not so beveled

fermented in Georgian amphorae buried underground

Keeping with the theme of expansion

2022 Domaine du Collier Saumur Blanc La Charpenterie, Loire, France Pingus Purchased fruitVINEYARD: Old vine Chenin Blanc from La Charpentrie vineyard on the hillsides of Brz. SOIL: Clay topsoil with tuffeaux subsoil VITICULTURE: Organically farmed, soils are worked to send roots down into the calcium rich tuffeaux. Hand harvested with severe sorting. VINIFICATION: Fermentation with natural yeasts in barrel. AGING: 24 36 month extended ageing without racking in a very cold undergroud cellar in a combination of neutral and some new barrels