2020 Domaine du Collier, Saumur Rouge, La Ripaille Producer_Noel Bazin consider roasted nuts

consider roasted nuts

and site expression

The fruit originates from 65-year-old vines planted in the La Chaux plot

as well as a touch of Carignan and Syrah

2020 Domaine du Collier, Saumur Rouge, La Ripaille Producer_Noel Bazin consider roasted nutsAntoine Foucault farms his Cabernet Franc parcels in the La Ripaille lieu dit of Brz with a rigor centered on soil health, eschewing synthetic inputs to encourage deep root penetration into the site's signature tuffeau bedrock. In the cellar, his approach is defined by minimal intervention, relying on native yeast fermentation followed by an extended, undisturbed levage of up to 36 months in a cold, subterranean environment. The 2020 vintage,