2022 Domaine du Collier, Saumur Rouge "La Ripaille", Loire, France Cidrerie du Vulcain the United States too

the United States too

The 2022 vintage marks these vine’s 51st harvest

The profile is classic and deeply poised: baked apple

Drawn from limestone–marl soils

2022 Domaine du Collier, Saumur Rouge "La Ripaille", Loire, France Cidrerie du Vulcain the United States tooVARIETALS: 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