Sancerre Grande Cuvée

AOC 2020

100 % Sauvignon Blanc

Wine estate

Family wine estate
Area: 2 ha 25
Terroirs: Calcareous (Caillotes) - Chalky and clay (Terres Blanches)
Vine: 100 % Sauvignon Blanc
Density: 7,300 vinestocks / ha

The wine

Manual harvest. Pneumatic pressing.
60 % in oak barrels (600 liters demi-muids) Fermentation using natural yeasts. Aged for 12 months in barrels (demi muids) with regular stirring (batonnage).
Racking, blending before bottling.

Production

18,000 bottles

Tasting notes

Appearance: A brilliant appearance, shiny and crystalline, a pale yellow hue with hints of bright gold.

First Nose: rounded & mouth-filling with exotic fruits (mango, lychee) and fresh scents (linden, verbena).
Second nose: Upon aeration, the nose reveals a gourmet complexity (brioche) coated with ripe fruit (white peach, citrus) highlithed by notes of sweet spices.

Palate: full & crisp attack to ripe fruits (mango), quince paste & spices scented.
Mid-palate: opens up to fresh shades (linden, orange blossom), a note of honey.

End of palate: generous & intense eaving a sensation of richness and elegance.

A Sancerre Blanc wine of character and fine.

Domaine Jean-Paul Balland