Brendan Stater-West Saumur Blanc 2023 CRV5 Aged on the lees for

Aged on the lees for 48 months with a few extra months in oak

delivering power and depth rarely seen in the Loire

From the producer: This barrel select offering is a beautiful example of how agricole rum evolves

Bottled at 92 Proof and available in 750mL

Brendan Stater-West Saumur Blanc 2023 CRV5 Aged on the lees forIt takes a certain kind of American to move to France and make wine there. Brendan Stater West went to Paris to teach English, fell hard for wine working at the wine shop attached to Daniel Rose's Paris restaurant Spring, got smitten by Chenin, moved to Saumur, and talked Romain Guiberteau into a job. He became Guiberteau's right hand, then started bottling his own. He now stands in a quietly legendary lineage: Foucault (of Clos Rougeard) to