2022 Domaine du Collier Saumur Blanc La Charpenterie, Loire, France Pingus most seductive and complex wines

most seductive and complex wines in our portfolio

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

Bottled with liqueur de tirage in October 2011

Keeping with the theme of expansion

the maceration is similar at about a month

2022 Domaine du Collier Saumur Blanc La Charpenterie, Loire, France Pingus most seductive and complex winesVINEYARD: 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