The concentrated white is best enjoyed at 10☌. The palate is textural and rich, offering almond and heather flavours and balancing acidity that extends long into the aftertaste. The pale gold wine brings forward scents redolent of white anemone and milkweed flowers, flinty minerality and dried citrus peels. It’s made with Sauvignon grapes from old, fifty-five-yea-old vines planted in the appellation’s white soils. The “White Pearl” is Christian Lauverjat’s most esteemed cuvée. This gold-medallist is a worthy example of white Sancerre, best enjoyed at 9☌.Ĭhristian Lauverjat Moulin des Vrilleres Perle Blanche The palate is citrusy and lengthy, with attractive minerality and persistent acidity. The pale straw-coloured wine offers refined gardenia and peony aromas along with flint’s unmistakable scent. The Demon’s Reserve is an homage to the area’s nickname, “the country of the sorcerer.” And yes, there’s magic inside this bottle. This award-winning wine is best enjoyed at 10☌.Ĭhristian Lauverjat Moulin des Vrilleres Reserve du Demon Delicate and fragrant, Moulin des Vrilleres Blanc offers white flowers and citrus peels on the nose over a mineral and refreshing palate with impressive length. The family-owned domaine makes this extraordinary Sauvignon Blanc with selected grapes from the Lauverjat’s distinct pots, gaining aromatic complexity and a layered palate. Sauvignon might have found new homes in suitable terroirs around the world, from Chile to New Zealand, but Sancerre white wine is instantly recognisable, and it’s still the grape’s most fabulous rendition.Ĭhristian Lauverjat Moulin des Vrilleres Sancerre Sauvignon Blanc feels right at home in the area’s chalky soils and thrives in the relatively cold terroir. Sancerre Blanc is the region’s flagship wine style. The “Heart to Take” offers fine, powdery tannins supporting scents reminiscent of black cherries and undergrowth. The wine ages for 10 months in old oak and is released to the market 18 months after the vintage. The Lauverjat family crafts this beautiful red wine with grapes from their oldest vines. These are young, vibrant wines made with Pinot Noir, not as contemplative as what you’d find in Burgundy’s Côte d’Or, but equally enjoyable.Ĭhristian Lauverjat Moulin des Vrilleres Coeur a Prendre Sancerre Rouge is not nearly as famous as the appellation’s white wine, but it’s just as impressive. Enjoy at 10☌ with small plates and friends. The palate is spicy and fruity and has the most enticing tartness. Their Pinot Noir rosé is made with the saignée method for a salmon-hued beauty that displays red berries and flint on the nose. With twelve hectares of thirty-year-old vines in Sury-en-Vaux, a small village within the AOC, Karine, Christian and Kévin Lauverjat craft spectacular wine in all styles. Kevin et Christian Lauverjat Moulin des Vrilleres Sancerre Rose It has tart red fruit aromas and piercing acidity, making it a lovely stand-alone sipper that’s also compatible with a wide range of food, from fried shrimp to oysters. Although most producers in the area make at least a few cases of pale, salmon-hued wine, this style is rarely seen in international markets. The rosé, though, is of extraordinary quality. Of additional note is the newly expanding Menetou Salon appellation to the southwest, allowing for a nearby alternative and comparison! As for Pinot Noir, the monks brought the thin-skinned red grape to Sancerre from their own monasteries in Burgundy, the grape’s spiritual home. It is believed Sauvignon Blanc was found growing wild in the area therefore, its name is derived from “Sauvage” or wild.
After the fall of the Roman Empire, Catholic monks continued the region’s viticultural efforts. The Ancient Romans planted the area’s first vines at least 2000 years ago. Experts attribute the wine’s mineral and flinty personality to the region’s limestone soils and the wine’s acidic balance to the cold weather and continental climate in such northern latitudes. Wine made in the region is always dry and has a deliciously persistent acidity, making the wine thirst-quenching and food compatible. Producers in the area make white wine with Sauvignon, while red and rosé wines benefit from Pinot Noir’s noble character. Sauvignon Blanc and Pinot Noir are the only grapes allowed in the region, although Pinot Noir accounts for only 20% of the region’s production.
The Sancerre AOC is a relatively small French appellation with around 2800 hectares of vines planted in rolling hills with up to 350 metres of altitude on the right side of the Loire valley.
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