Brendan Stater-West Saumur Rouge La Ripaille 2023 RFLASH After nearly six years in

After nearly six years in barrel and several more in bottle before release

with the structure to run at least five more years

The 2024 is delicious now and will hold

entry-level whiskey for the Obtainium brand

Thibaud bought the plot in 2014 and replanted with massale selection the following year

Brendan Stater-West Saumur Rouge La Ripaille 2023 RFLASH After nearly six years inLa Ripaille is a west facing lieu dit on the Brz hill where 1960s planted Cabernet Franc digs into sandy loam over Turonian limestone. Brendan Stater West, the Oregon born expat now in the direct lineage of Clos Rougeard and Domaine Guiberteau, is only the second grower ever to bottle from this parcel. The wine is fully de stemmed, fermented with indigenous yeast, and built by infusion (no pump overs, no punch downs), then aged a year on lees in