2023 Chateau Yvonne Saumur Les Arbres Blanc, Loire, France Adrien Renoir Fermentation with 40% whole clusters

Fermentation with 40% whole clusters

caramel and eucalyptus

Les Vieux Clos is often considered the most aromatic of the three wines

The wine sees a short skin maceration of approximately one week before being spontaneously fermented and aged on the lees in concrete egg

the wine ages 1 year in cement and concrete tank

2023 Chateau Yvonne Saumur Les Arbres Blanc, Loire, France Adrien Renoir Fermentation with 40% whole clustersBiodynamic & certified organic. 100% Chenin Blanc. From a single vineyard on Tuffeau soil. Les Arbres always presents as a racier and more mineral driven chenin than the estates famous and powerful Le Gory. Expect more precision and energy than heft an elegant wine from a more civilized age, perhaps. Native yeast fermentation with no additions in barrel at cool temperatures for 4 months. Malolactic fermentation occurs naturally during aging in oak