2022 Domaine du Collier Saumur Blanc La Charpenterie, Loire, France Pingus The grapes were harvested all

The grapes were harvested all in one day

Making of: hand-harvested grapes are direct-pressed into a 3000-liter conical oak vat

Keeping with the theme of expansion

and the elevation is 320 meters

fermented in Georgian amphorae buried underground

2022 Domaine du Collier Saumur Blanc La Charpenterie, Loire, France Pingus The grapes were harvested allVINEYARD: 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