Brendan Stater-West Saumur Blanc Breze l'Ardillon 2022 070226CHILL they work with spontaneous fermentations

they work with spontaneous fermentations in neutral oak and enamel-lined cement tanks

the precision and tension that mark his top cuvées are already in full evidence

working schist slopes in the Hyrome Valley with the hand-harvesting and patience the appellation's Chenin Blanc demands

Best served slightly chilled

and a complexity that unfolds over time

Brendan Stater-West Saumur Blanc Breze l'Ardillon 2022 070226CHILL they work with spontaneous fermentationsL'Ardillon is a specific south facing parcel within Brz, the storied limestone hilltop that defines great Saumur Chenin. It is also Brendan Stater West's most prestigious bottling: a 0. 38 hectare plot of old vines planted in the 1950s on 80 cm of clay loam over Turonian limestone, farmed organically, harvested whole cluster, fermented with indigenous yeast, and aged 24 months on lees in barrel before another five months in tank. Stater West (American