Brendan Stater-West Saumur Blanc Breze l'Ardillon 2022 Lanson Rose Champagne This elixir pairs sweet vanilla

This elixir pairs sweet vanilla aromas with grainy black pepper and hints of ripe pink grapefruit

above Milly

Made by Sara Morgenstern and David Rothschild

and butterscotch

Brendan Stater-West Saumur Blanc Breze l'Ardillon 2022 Lanson Rose Champagne This elixir pairs sweet vanillaL'Ardillon is a specific south facing parcel within Brz, the storied limestone hilltop that defines great Saumur Chenin. It is also Brendan Stater West's most prestigious bottling: a 0. 38 hectare plot of old vines planted in the 1950s on 80 cm of clay loam over Turonian limestone, farmed organically, harvested whole cluster, fermented with indigenous yeast, and aged 24 months on lees in barrel before another five months in tank. Stater West (American