2016 Domaine du Collier, Saumur Blanc, La Charpentrie Cuvee_Minato da Rana Rustico

2016 Domaine du Collier, Saumur Blanc, La Charpentrie Cuvee_Minato da Rana RusticoAntoine Foucault and Caroline Boireau prioritize biological viticulture and patient, non interventionist cellar practices, defined by multi year elevage in cold, underground tuffeau caves without racking or sulfur additions. Sourced from the La Charpentrie lieu dit in Saumur, this wine is produced from Chenin Blanc vinessome over a century oldanchored in clay topsoils above a porous Turonian limestone subsoil. The 2016 growing season was marked by

resulting in a wine of significant mid-palate density and a firm

When you catch them at the right moment and the wines are firing on all cylinders

eschewing additions and relying on ambient yeasts for fermentation

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Made from the nearly extinct Azulin variety of agave

one of the few independent distilleries in Scotland

a deliberate stylistic choice in a region historically celebrated for its luscious sweet wines

geological energy over artifice

and Rocche dell’Olmo—where the limestone-rich Sant’Agata fossil marls produce Nebbiolo defined by elegance rather than high-extract power

and he strives each vintage to create a pristine

managing these steep

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