Brendan Stater-West Saumur La Ripaille Rouge 2020 (3 Bottles) Saumur, France

Brendan Stater-West Saumur La Ripaille Rouge 2020 (3 Bottles) Saumur, France

by Fine Wine Cellars

$336.00 GST Included

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La Ripaille is a strict selection from the oldest vines in the Brézé lieu-dit of the same name. The grapes are sorted directly in the vineyard (with a sorting table), fully destemmed and then fermented in concrete with infusion-style maceration for up to one week. It’s aged on lees in ex-Guiberteau barrels (mostly 2-5 years old) with one new barrel added each year.

As expected, you’ll find more amplitude and intensity than in the Saumur Rouge, yet there is a surge of vibrancy and lift to maintain the producer’s refreshing signature. Earth and spice are joined by deep berry and black raspberry flavours, while the enveloping structures and juicy fruit drive a lingering and focused close. The balance between the fruit and the limestone-derived form is mouth-watering. A terrific Saumur rouge with a long life ahead of it.

It’s full of flavour, with no extraction techniques used nor oak in the maturing stage. The dark cherry and blackcurrant aromas and taste are pure; with silky tannins too.

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About Brendan Stater-West

When Brendan Stater-West, an Oregon born English teacher, come to Paris in 2007, he fell in love with the world of wine. He trained to become a wine merchant but soon developed a desire to make wine.

In 2012, he started working with Romain Guiberteau in Saumur, both in the winery and vineyards. Work quickly led to friendship and, in 2015, Romain offered him to take over one hectare of the vineyard on the lieu-dit Les Chapaudaises, in Bizay. Brendan soon made the best from these limestone soils, producing a tensed, mineral and very elegant chenin wine.

With the acquisition of 2.3 hectares of old vines of Cabernet Franc and Chenin in Brézé – on the famous terroirs of La Ripaille and L’Ardillon – Brendan’s activity developed even more from 2018. Today, the vineyards are organically trained without being certified.

Young, talented and gifted with beautiful terroirs, Brendan Stater-West holds the keys to a very promising future. – Importer Note

Fine Wine Cellars

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