2023 La Porte Saint-Jean Saumur-Champigny, Loire, France Lucien Aviet The Bechthold Vineyard vines are

The Bechthold Vineyard vines are gnarly

Fermented with indigenous yeast and undergoing no malolactic fermentation

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

Red Traminer

This is a saignée rosé that used both the cuvée and a small portion of taille

2023 La Porte Saint-Jean Saumur-Champigny, Loire, France Lucien Aviet The Bechthold Vineyard vines areLike 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.