LE ROME ANTIQUE 2020 RED WINE (Domaine de Rome / Hervé BAUDRY)

VINE AGE: 40 years.

GEOLOGY: The Sancerre vineyard owes its complexity to the interplay of the Sancerre and Thauvenay geological faults, which have exposed ancient terroirs. The "Le Rome Antique" cuvée is part of this history through its plots in Sainte-Gemme-en-Sancerrois. Here, the wine draws its strength from the "Terres Blanches": an 80-meter foundation of Upper Kimmeridgian marls where clay and shelly limestone alternate. These high-altitude "cold" soils impose a slow ripening on the grapes, ensuring great aromatic finesse.

"Here, I find myself before a fleshy, extraordinary Sancerre: like a bold encounter between the freshness of chocolate-mint and the depth of black fruits, underscored by a noble hint of leather that betrays its racy origins. Decant it to let its full fire express itself: what power!"