Domaine Franck Millet Sancerre Rosé 2021
12.5% abv, Bué, imported by BBR Imports Inc., Houston, TX. Cork closure: composite. Biodynamic calendar: fruit day. Winemaking notes: 100% Pinot Noir grown on marl soils. The grapes are pressed and some of the juice is left on the skins. The wine is aged in tank with no malolactic fermentation. Tasting note: the Sancerre Rosé […]
Domaine Franck Millet Sancerre 2020
12.5% abv, Bué, imported by BBR Imports, Houston, TX. Cork closure: composite. Biodynamic calendar: flower day. Winemaking notes: 100% Sauvignon Blanc, sustainably-farmed, on limestone-clay marl soils. The wine goes through a slow fermentation in cool tanks for up to 10 weeks with some stirring of the fine lees but no malo. Tasting note: the Sancerre Blanc […]
Domaine Gueneau Sancerre Rosé ‘Chavignolet’ 2021
13% abv, Elisa Gueneau, imported by Lefgroup, Asheville, NC. Closure: stelvin. Biodynamic calendar: flower day. Winemaking notes: 100% Pinot Noir aged six months on the lees in tank. Tasting note: the Sancerre Rosé is pale pink in color with a clean nose medium- intensity with aromas of carnation, jasmine, rose water, peardrop, kirsch, cherry, […]
Domaine du Nozay Sancerre Blanc 2020
13% abv, Barons Philipe et Cyril de Benoist de Gentissart, Saint Gemme, imported by Rosenthal Wine Merchant, New York, NY. Cork closure: natural. Biodynamic calendar: root day. Winemaking notes: 100% Sauvignon Blanc biodynamically-farmed, Demeter certified, grown on terres blanches soils, caillotes and silex soils in three different vineyards. Vines are aged 20 – 40 years. […]
Domaine François le Saint Sancerre ‘Calcaire’ 2020
13.5% abv, Cher, imported by Dionysus Imports, Houston, TX. Cork closure: natural. Biodynamic calendar: fruit day. Winemaking notes: 100% Sauvignon Blanc from calcaire soils. Tasting note: the Sancerre is medium lemon with a clean nose of medium intensity with aroma of lychee blossom, lemon, chalk, white peach, and a hint of lemongrass. On the palate this […]
Karine Lauverjat Sancerre Rosé 2020
Charles Debourges Sancerre 2020
13% abv, imported by Orvino Imports and Distributing Inc. Cork closure: composite. Biodynamic calendar: flower day. Winemaking notes: 100% Sauvignon Blanc aged in tank on the lees for eight months. Tasting note: the Debourges is medium lemon in color with a nose of medium intensity with aromas of acacia blossom, green melon, grapefruit, white peach and pineapple […]
Domaine Philippe Raimbault Sancerre Blanc ‘Les Godons’ 2021
12.5% abv, Sury-en-Vaux, imported by Serendipity Wines, LLC., Austin, TX cork closure: composite. Biodynamic calendar: leaf day. Winemaking notes: 100% Sauvignon Blanc, sustainably-farmed, from a steep 3.5-hectare vineyard with a clay limestone amphitheater in Sury-les-Vaux and aged on the lees in stainless steel for seven months. The Raimbault estate was established in 1701 and has […]
Joseph Mellot Sancerre ‘La Chatellenie’ 2020
14% abv, Sancerre, imported by Scott Levy Selections, Baton Rouge, LA. Cork closure: composite. Biodynamic calendar: fruit day. Winemaking notes: 100% Sauvignon Blanc from a 22-hectare vineyard of silex soils (siliceous limestone with flint stones) and is sustainably-farmed. The grapes are hand-harvested, de-stemmed and pressed and the wine is aged on the lees in stainless […]
Romain Reverdy Sancerre Rosé ‘Florilège’ 2021
12.5% abv, Chaudoux, Verdigny, imported by DHI Selections, Caldwell, NJ. Cork closure: composite. Biodynamic calendar: fruit day. Winemaking notes: 100% Pinot Noir from terroirs of Caillottes, Terres Blanches and Silex. Some saignée skin contact was used. Tasting note: the Sancerre Rosé is medium pink in color with a clean nose of carnation, rose water, apricot, watermelon, peach, […]