Arnaud Lambert Saumur Brézé Clos De La Rue 1500ml 2018 chateau-margaux Sumptuously textured

Sumptuously textured

Domaine des Chirates is the brain child of Jeff Cohn and Yves Cuilleron

with underlying notes of pink peppercorn and damson plum

and forestfloor traces

Indeed they and some of their neighbors were among the very first to bottle the dry

Arnaud Lambert Saumur Brézé Clos De La Rue 1500ml 2018 chateau-margaux Sumptuously texturedFrom a 2 ha south facing site planted half 1965 and half 1990 on sandy soil over clay with a limestone base. Whole cluster pressed for 4. 5 hours. Juice is selected with the first 25% of the press juice and the last 30 minutes of the press juice declassified and blended into the entry level appellation wines. Batonnage (stirring of the lees) is made toward the end of the primary fermentation and for some months after the wine is dry to open up the