Domaine du Collier Saumur La Charpentrie 2020 Chardonnay finishing with freshness and poise

finishing with freshness and poise

have reached a remarkable level

fermenting the grapes with native yeasts in large oak vats before a patient maturation in seasoned French oak foudres

elevated hillside terrace 150 meters above the Waihopai Valley floor

Domaine du Collier Saumur La Charpentrie 2020 Chardonnay finishing with freshness and poiseAntoine Foucault established Domaine du Collier in 1999 carrying with him the knowledge absorbed at his family's legendary Clos Rougeard, but it is the whites of Saumur that have come to define his own estate's identity. La Charpentrie is sourced from century old vines on the hillsides of Brz, where the tuffeau limestone terroir was historically considered so prized it was exchanged barrel for barrel with Chteau d'Yquem. The vineyards are organically