Brendan Stater-West Saumur Blanc Breze 2023 tag 9-hectare south-facing plot in Ay

9-hectare south-facing plot in Ay

Fichet works a small collection of parcels around Meursault - every one of them under a hectare - and the vines behind his Bourgogne Blanc run roughly 47 to 80 years old

lending this wine a touch more spine and structure than typical Volnay while keeping the appellation's signature floral lift

powdery tannins

it's elegant

Brendan Stater-West Saumur Blanc Breze 2023 tag 9-hectare south-facing plot in AyBrz is the hilltop tuffeau and clay cru that Clos Rougeard made mythic and that Romain Guiberteau has spent the last two decades resurrecting. Brendan Stater West, the American who landed in Saumur to work at Guiberteau and stayed to start his own domaine, now farms a parcel of old Chenin there himself, courtesy of his mentor. This is the Brz bottling: 100% Chenin from limestone slopes, organically farmed, fermented with indigenous yeast, aged at