In the vineyards along the upper course of the Loire, Sauvignon Blanc reigns supreme. Its reputation has grown steadily since the 1970s with the fashion for Sancerre wines.
This grape variety has extremely intense aromas, and when grown on the flinty soils surrounding Sancerre, it can display a complexity and finesse rarely found elsewhere.
- Nose: fresh and fruity. Notes of red berries, redcurrant, morello cherry, with a hint of hawthorn blossom.
- Palate: fresh and round, fruity and delicate. Beautiful length.
Tasting date : March 2023.
OUR OPINION : attractive, fruity and fresh Sancerre. Very spring-like and thirst-quenching!
- Nose: elegant and finely chiseled. Delicious aromas of red berries and gingerbread.
- Palate: fluid and round body. Delicate touch on the palate.
Tasting date: March 2024.
OUR OPINION: a vintage of great finesse, delicate and silky. Light and fresh, we love it!
- Nose: distinguished and precise, chiseled. Fresh notes of freshly squeezed citrus fruit, with a hint of minerality and anise.
- Palate: supple attack, salivating juice, tonic and well-balanced. Some minerality on the palate.
Tasting date: March 2024.
OUR OPINION: superb Monts Damnés, racy and elegant, fresh and salivating, which should develop fine tertiary aromas with time.
Other available vintage:
| Fine - Racy - Elegant - Fresh |
- Nose : expressive and juicy. Real squeezed blood orange juice blended with red berry aromas.
- Palate : fresh, juicy and fruity.
Tasting date: March 2024.
OUR OPINION: superb! The blood orange aromas make this cuvée inimitable! In a few years, the wine will develop tertiary aromas of ripe black fruits and spices, as did the 2019 vintage. A real favorite!
Other available vintage:
- Nose: slightly closed. Notes of pink grapefruit with a hint of cream and red tomato.
- Palate: supple and salivating.
Tasting date: March 2024.
OUR OPINION: the wine was a little closed on tasting, but more open the next day. You'll have to wait and see, as it seems to have a great ageing potential. In the meantime, don't hesitate to decant it for an hour.
| Discreet - Delicate |
- Nose: elegant and expressive. Notes of white flowers, white stone fruit with a hint of lychee.
- Palate: supple attack, full and juicy. Long aromatic persistence.
Tasting date: March 2024.
OUR OPINION: a lovely, expressive, and gourmet Chavignol!
Pinot Noir (100%)
Slight reduction in the nose which needs to be ventilated. The latter then opens with notes of redcurrant and blueberry, blood orange, white pepper and chocolate. The palate is round and elegant, with a finish on blood orange and liquorice.
(Tasting date : Nov. 2020)
Other available vintage:
- Nose : smoky, evoking a limestone rock. Aromas of red fruits highlighted by peppery notes.
- Palate : supple juice, delicate and fluid, nicely fruity with a finish on raspberry and liquorice.
Tasting date: November 2020
OUR OPINION: elegant and distinguished.
Other available vintage:
Sauvignon Blanc (100%)
Tasty and creamy nose, with aromas of almonds, white peach and lime. The palate is tonic and lemony, the finish is saline. A generous and perfumed vintage !
(Tasting date : Dec. 2020)
Other available vintage:
AMPHORA WINES
Specialized in amphora wines, we offer a sharp selection of white, red or rosé wines, vinified in amphora.
You will find crus:
- fermented and aged in clay amphorae.
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- only partially aged in clay amphorae.
...including the rare wines completely vinified in Qvevris !