Brendan Stater-West Saumur Rouge La Ripaille 2023 BFCM21ALL soft-ripened cheeses

soft-ripened cheeses

but it’s also a real electric treat while young

Thomas Hine himself arrived in Jarnac during the French Revolution in 1791

texture and personality

This is old-vine Sonoma Zinfandel as it should be: light on its feet

Brendan Stater-West Saumur Rouge La Ripaille 2023 BFCM21ALL soft-ripened cheesesLa 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