2020 Domaine des Closiers, Saumur-Champigny 'Les Closiers', Loire, France Stefan Vetter Aged 9 months in steel

Aged 9 months in steel

it’s just beginning to enter its long drinking window

(The yields for Sauternes average around 25 hectolitres per hectare

just say it sotto voce a few times while taking in the menagerie of scribbles constituting this so-called wine label

all of these prized whiskies contain carefully blended components aged in American

2020 Domaine des Closiers, Saumur-Champigny 'Les Closiers', Loire, France Stefan Vetter Aged 9 months in steelVINEYARD: Assembled from vines throughout the estates holdings. SOIL: A mix of limestone rich clays. VITICULTURE: All grapes are harvested by hand and all fermentations start spontaneously with indigenous yeasts. Cabernet Franc grapes are allowed a cold maceration period before fermentations commence, and total macerations can exceed a month. Extractions are very gentle, with no punchdown and only a short pumpover every 1 2 days VINIFICATION: Cabernet