Brendan Stater-West Saumur Blanc 2023 CRV5 Verzy and Verzenay sit on

Verzy and Verzenay sit on north facing slopes and have a completely different expression compared to Bouzy and Ambonnay

Aged on the lees for 48 months with a few extra months in oak

delivering power and depth rarely seen in the Loire

framed by a mineral backbone

Brendan Stater-West Saumur Blanc 2023 CRV5 Verzy and Verzenay sit onIt takes a certain kind of American to move to France and make wine there. Brendan Stater West went to Paris to teach English, fell hard for wine working at the wine shop attached to Daniel Rose's Paris restaurant Spring, got smitten by Chenin, moved to Saumur, and talked Romain Guiberteau into a job. He became Guiberteau's right hand, then started bottling his own. He now stands in a quietly legendary lineage: Foucault (of Clos Rougeard) to