Brendan Stater-West Saumur Brézé
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Brendan Stater-West Saumur Brézé is a 2023 white wine made from Chenin Blanc in Saumur, in France's Loire Valley.
Brendan Stater-West came to France about ten years ago to teach English in Paris. A coworker introduced him to wine tasting, and he left teaching to study the trade and work in a small Paris wine shop. Tasting Domaine Guiberteau's Brézé 2008 showed him what limestone terroir can do through Chenin. He persuaded Romain Guiberteau to take him on as an apprentice, studied for a BTS Viti-Oeno while working full-time at the domaine, and spent three months at the Clos Cristal learning to work vineyards with horses. In 2015, Guiberteau offered him one hectare in Les Chapaudaises. He aims for Chenin that is elegant, pure and vertical, with salinity from the limestone.