Brendan Stater-West Saumur Blanc Breze 2023 NO20230830 and polished tannins that suggest

and polished tannins that suggest years of graceful development ahead

now fully mature

Crisp on the palate with tropical fruits

Wonderful light

Brendan Stater-West Saumur Blanc Breze 2023 NO20230830 and polished tannins that suggestBrz is the hilltop tuffeau and clay cru that Clos Rougeard made mythic and that Romain Guiberteau has spent the last two decades resurrecting. Brendan Stater West, the American who landed in Saumur to work at Guiberteau and stayed to start his own domaine, now farms a parcel of old Chenin there himself, courtesy of his mentor. This is the Brz bottling: 100% Chenin from limestone slopes, organically farmed, fermented with indigenous yeast, aged at