2022 Domaine du Collier, Saumur Rouge "La Ripaille", Loire, France Cidrerie du Vulcain The 2022 vintage marks these

The 2022 vintage marks these vine’s 51st harvest

certain vintages he thought the wine was lackluster

Drawn from limestone–marl soils

Pinot Noir and Pinot Gris are from the neighboring Merten vineyard

offering sharply defined red and blue fruit

2022 Domaine du Collier, Saumur Rouge "La Ripaille", Loire, France Cidrerie du Vulcain The 2022 vintage marks theseVARIETALS: Cabernet Franc ORGANIC: Practicing VINEYARD: Old vine Cabernet Franc from La Ripaille 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