LE CHAMP PENDU 2021 WHITE WINE (Domaine de Rome / Hervé BAUDRY)

TERROIR

The soils of the Sancerre vineyards have been shaped by erosion from the different geological facies exposed by numerous faults, including the two famous north-south faults known as the Sancerre and Thauvenay faults, which cross the vineyards from one side to the other.
These bring the Upper Jurassic (-154 to -140 Ma) layers to the west into contact with the Cretaceous (-96 to -65 Ma) and Eocene (-64 to -34 Ma) formations to the east.

The LE CHAMP PENDU cuvée is a single-plot white wine of Sancerre. The vines are planted on the locality "Le Champ Pendu" in the village of Saint-Gemme-en-Sancerrois.

The plots are located on soils known as "terres blanches", consisting of an 80-meter-thick layer of Upper Kimmeridgian marl with varying degrees of clay, alternating with banks of soft or shell limestone.