2020 Domaine Arnaud Lambert "Clos de la Rue" Saumur Blanc, Brézé, Loire Valley, France - 1.5L MAGABOUT THIS WINE This wine comes from vines planted in 1076 and 1984. Soils are sandy loam over soft Turonian limestone bedrock. Pressed with whole clusters, fermented with a cultured yeast from the vineyard, 4 5 week fermentation and aging for 11 months in raw concrete tank and barrels (95 100% recently used, 0 5% new), spontaneous and partial malolactic conversion (0 30%), aged for an additional 10 months in raw concrete vats and amphoras, SO2 added

”—Gaetana Jacono

clay and gneiss

neutral oak and sometimes chestnut - a traditional wood barrel in the region

bringing their total hectares in Montalcino to a minuscule 2

Walter Scott changed its production location to Evening Land where Ken began working alongside Dominique Lafon

Next to the Clos de la Hutte

his father Alain Chapel would often host winemakers at his restaurant

Vincent and Francois Bitouzet rigorously tend their vineyards

Carbonic maceration for 5 days

contribute to the wine’s signature power and minerality

Bien Nacido

The oak tree display on the label is not only a symbol connecting the McCrorie’s childhoods – Hank growing up surrounded by the beautiful southern live oaks of North Carolina and Bernice the sprawling live oak trees at the family ranch in Northern California – but also embodies the intrinsic flavors of tannins and oak