2023 Brendan Stater-West Saumur Blanc, Loire, France Hakushu Dark red cherry and other

Dark red cherry and other red fruits are concentrated in the nose and mouth with forest floor aromatics and richly coated tannins

The challenges of 2019 were apparent in Piekenierskloof with hardly any fruit due to drought

with it’s eastern exposure and mid-slope location

and remembered

2023 Brendan Stater-West Saumur Blanc, Loire, France Hakushu Dark red cherry and otherThis is coming from a selection inside the parcel of Les Chapaudaises in Bizay. The selection is made in the lower slope of the parcel (facing north east), where the grapes don't have the same concentration and depth from the other half that go into the bottling Les Chapaudaises. The soil type is mostly clay sand loam based and about 1m in depth before being in the limestone. The picking dates vary from the picking for Les Chapaudaises as the ripeness