Ideally drink young but will cellar for 2-3 years. Luc Prieur is the 11th Generation to farm this estate in Verdigny, he makes really impressive red Sancerre. Jacques Dumont Sauvignon Blanc is grown on the hills just southeast of Sancerre and thrives on the soils of clay-limestone and flint.
Seafood risotto and of course the Loire’s famous local goat cheese “Le Crottin de Chavignol” or just to drink it on its own is heaven. Overview / 2022 / 2021 / 2020 / 2019 / 2018. It’s light-bodied, with a mineral note on the finish. This refreshing white wine has aromas and flavours of bright citrus fruit, with hints of gooseberry and freshly cut grass. Clarification is through a base of clay with minor filtration just before bottling. The Wine is matured on lees for 6-8 months with regular batonnage and without excessive sulphites. Alcoholic fermentation occurs thanks to the natural yeasts (present on the grapes) in inox tank at low temperatures. Light pressing with pneumatic press, followed by cold settling, without enzymes. Overview / 2022 / 2021 / 2020 / 2019 / 2018. Natural grass, mastered and volunteer favourable at the microbial life of the ground and the insects.
Natural and respectful treatments are used when needed and Trimming with Valerian (relaxing and healing plant). This wine has 778 mentions of citrus notes (citrus, lemon, grapefruit). Ellie Douglas MaSancerre vineyards above Chavignol. A White wine from Upper Loire, Loire Valley, France. The vineyards are managed according to the lunar cycle (Biodynamic principles). Sancerre is today a Sauvignon Blanc stronghold in France's Loire Valley, known for delicious dry white wines that can marry citrus, green fruit and grassy flavours with beautiful texture and refreshing acidity. The plantation density 7000 stocks per hectare, cultivated on calcareous soil (Kimméridgian superior: marl with exogyra virgula). The Domaine also manages the vineyard according to biodynamic principles. Wild yeast fermentation is key in setting Domaine Thomas’s wines apart, in an appellation where selected yeasts are still the norm, and so does extended ageing on the lees, combined with low use of sulphur. The Domaine, which grows Sauvignon Blanc and Pinot Noir, is located in the village of Verdigny in Sancerre, with a high proportion of its vineyards located on the highly sought-after Silex soil that makes the most aromatic and pungent Sauvignons that the region is famous for. Red fruits aromas cherry, fresh raspberry and dusting of cinnamon with a sappy, medium-bodied palate packed with lovely pure fruit flavours, all rounded out. The small 9ha estate of Domaine Thomas has been in the family since the 1670s, with ninth generation winegrowers Jean and Ginette Thomas, and their son Julien and partner Justine running the Domaine today.
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