Brendan Stater-West Saumur Rouge La Ripaille 2023 070226ROBUST A blend of 50% Pinot

A blend of 50% Pinot Noir

where it likely arrived during centuries of Aragonese rule

stone-strewn terroir as its more famous neighbor

The result

Brendan Stater-West Saumur Rouge La Ripaille 2023 070226ROBUST A blend of 50% PinotLa Ripaille is a west facing lieu dit on the Brz hill where 1960s planted Cabernet Franc digs into sandy loam over Turonian limestone. Brendan Stater West, the Oregon born expat now in the direct lineage of Clos Rougeard and Domaine Guiberteau, is only the second grower ever to bottle from this parcel. The wine is fully de stemmed, fermented with indigenous yeast, and built by infusion (no pump overs, no punch downs), then aged a year on lees in