The greatest wine of the Loire Valley. It enjoys a terroir & a unique situation. These wines are rare elegance. A remarkable texture that combines power & clarity, richness & precision. A mingle of floral bouquets, notes of citrus & orchard fruit. ...

Aromas of pear, almond & white flowers greet us on the nose. The palate is rich with citrus, papaya & ripe exotic fruits. There is a touch of mango & tangerine zest alongside a stony minerality. An impressive concentration with a firm acid backbone give the wine perfect balance. ...

Intense aromas of green apple, honey, apricot & white flowers with a hint of gun smoke. The chenin fruit on the palate is clean & bright & combined with the minerality it's just perfect. Ripe fruit yet zesty acidity ensuring that there will be life in this bottle for many years to come. ...

Made from only the ripest berries, the nose offers a very attractive minerality with ripe & fresh citrus fruits to the fore. There is a tremendous weight & concentration to this wine, dense & oily but backed up with tingling, linear acidity. This is wine full of paradox, honeyed & yet dry, rounded & yet firm. The rich fruit spice & minerality on the palate ensure a thoroughly memorable experience. ...

A complex nose of sweet blackberries, red plums, roasted provenal herbs & macerated cherries. On the palate this is a medium to full bodied wine, with good structure, beautiful tannins & a clean finish. ...

Bright & pale golden. A fresh, citrus palate with herbaceous notes of hay & nettle. Richly textured but with crisp acidity & textbook minerality. The finish is elegant with the typical purity & refreshment of excellent Sancerre. ...

Light, lemon-yellow with a fresh, lively perfume of citrus & green apple with hints of sherbet on the nose. On the palate it has great balance with plenty of fresh fruit providing good weight & a zesty acidity giving it a lift. A lively, mineral note gives the finish complexity. ...

Light lemon-yellow with a fresh, lively perfume of citrus & green apple with hints of sherbet on the nose. On the palate it has great balance with plenty of fresh fruit providing good weight & a zesty acidity giving it a lift. A lively, mineral note gives the finish complexity. ...

The nose gives us a rich flavour of white flowers & white fruits such as peach, pear & apricot. The mouth is intense, round, softly structured & lightly perfumed with mineral notes. Elegant, it finishes on minerals & slightly citrus notes. This wine comes from 26 parcels planted on Davaye & Prisse soils. Situated in the south-western part of the Saint Veran appellation near the cliffs of Solutre & Vergisson, these Jurassic chalk soils are ideal to produce finest top quality fruits of Chardonnay. A rich & ripe Saint-Veran wine with character & typical of the terroir with white fruits aromas. The grapes are lightly pressed in a pneumatic press. The must is settling at low temperature. A slow alcoholic fermentation is done in temperature controlled stainless steel vats in order to preserve the freshness of the fruit. After alcoholic & malolactic fermentations they blend the different soils & the aging last until February March. ...

100% Grenache which is as unusual as it is modern, & demonstrates the potential power of this grape when handled skilfully. In the mid 1990's, dynamic husband & wife duo Franck & Murielle Mousset were looking to set up their own domaine & found a superbly located 4 ha plot in the Courthezon commune. Low yields, minimal intervention & an avoidance of all chemical applications result in wines of pure intensity & refinement. ' Vineyard soil: s&. 100% Grenache. Bright dark red. Overripe aromas. Some real spice & lots of muscular fruit. Tannins well polished. Difficult to judge. There is certainly a great deal there! I think it will develop into something really quite exciting.' Jancis Robinson MW, jancisrobsinson.com
- Jan 2014. Limited stock, 2014 vintage coming soon.
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