2022 Domaine du Collier Saumur Blanc La Charpenterie, Loire, France Moreau-Naudet Etienne Simonis has collected 7

Etienne Simonis has collected 7 hectares of vineyards

a little peppery in aplayful way

60% Zibibbo/40% Albanello

Lower Long Tom AVA

Fermented on full lees (no debourbage) for 5 weeks before slow pneumatic pressing (20+ hours) into 3000l Stockinger oak foudre

2022 Domaine du Collier Saumur Blanc La Charpenterie, Loire, France Moreau-Naudet Etienne Simonis has collected 7VINEYARD: 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