2023 La Porte Saint-Jean Saumur-Champigny, Loire, France Lucien Aviet but was the term used

but was the term used in the past to describe the flat limestone tiles used to cover the roofs

Red Traminer

and cleaned every bottle by hand on one long day in February 2023

Bénigne Joliet considers that there are four separate terroirs here and each is vinified and aged separately and blended just before bottling

The Bechthold Vineyard vines are gnarly

2023 La Porte Saint-Jean Saumur-Champigny, Loire, France Lucien Aviet but was the term usedLike Sylvain Dittiere's single vineyard reds, his Saumur Champigny is destemmed and fermented using native yeasts in fiberglass tank. After 6 weeks of maceration, the free run (2 3) and press wine (1 3) is fed into used Bordeaux type barrels, where it ages for 18 months before blending and bottling.