2020 Domaine du Collier, Saumur Rouge "La Ripaille", Loire, France

2020 Domaine du Collier, Saumur Rouge "La Ripaille", Loire, France

$95.00

VARIETALS:Cabernet Franc

ORGANIC: Practicing

VINEYARD: Old vine Cabernet Franc from La Ripaille vineyard on the hillsides of Brézé.

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 barrels and some Stockinger brand foudres.

This wine arrives the last week of August, 2024.

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