Domaine Vacheron Sancerre Blanc 2024

Domaine Vacheron Sancerre Blanc 2024 With cellars located in the charming, hilltop town of Sancerre, Jean-Laurent and Jean-Dominique Vacheron have vineyards in mainly the eastern part of Sancerre on hard, flinty soils as well as smaller holding on softer limestone and clay soils. Their “village” Sancerre bottling draws from both terroirs to create a subtle, mineral and completely satisfying wine. WINERY: Domaine Vacheron WINEMAKERS: Jean-Laurent and Jean-Dominique Vacheron (cousins) ESTABLISHED: 1900 REGION: FRANCE • Loire Valley • Sancerre APPELLATION: Sancerre AOC BLEND: 100% Sauvignon Blanc VINEYARDS: Sourced from hillside vineyards around the town of Sancerre, with a mix of chalk and flint (silex) soils. About 20% of the blend is wine from a selection of single-vineyard plots, which gives more complexity (also some wood influence, as the domaine’s single-vineyard Sancerre Blanc wines are aged in larger wooden casks). AGE OF VINES: 30 to 50 years WINEMAKING: Hand-harvested. Fermented on indigenous yeasts in a combination of cement and stainless steel tank; aged in tank. Unfiltered. TASTING IMPRESSIONS: Aromas of grapefruit zest and gunflint. Flavors of lemons and limes, sea salt, crisp pears. PAIRING SUGGESTIONS: Salads with Loire Valley regional goat cheese; oysters or other fresh shellfish