2023 Isabelle Suire, Saumur Blanc Loire, France Quinta do Javali From vines planted in 1947

From vines planted in 1947

citrus-forward 6-year Willett rye with a surprisingly long

Pressed to neutral puncheons for a short élevage

with long macerations of the pomace and delicate pumping over for light oxygenation

Fermentation is carried out with native yeasts in open wooden vats and typically involves a very high proportion of whole clusters

2023 Isabelle Suire, Saumur Blanc Loire, France Quinta do Javali From vines planted in 1947Isabelle Suire is a 4th generation vigneronne. Her great grandfather was a vineyard worker in the in Berrie, a village south of Saumur in the Deux Sevres region. However, the familys domaine really started when his son married Isabelles grandmother, whose family owned vineyards in Berrie as a facet of their polyculture farm. Together they cultivated the vines, bred animals, and farmed grains. As time went by, the family decided to focus solely on