2022 Domaine du Collier Saumur Blanc La Charpenterie, Loire, France Pingus The grapes were harvested all

The grapes were harvested all in one day

but not so beveled

Bottled with liqueur de tirage in October 2011

fermented in Georgian amphorae buried underground

the maceration is similar at about a month

2022 Domaine du Collier Saumur Blanc La Charpenterie, Loire, France Pingus The grapes were harvested allVINEYARD: 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