The Spring Sancerre
Three-Pack
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Nothing
says Spring like a 3-pack of delicious wine from Sancerre.
We reached out to one of our sales reps last week hoping to taste one of his Sancerres. He brought three, and as you can see, we ordered each one.
All three are 100% Sauvignon Blanc from the same appellation, yet they couldn't be more different.
Let's begin:
2024 Domaine Gérard Millet Sancerre ($34)
Domaine Gérard Millet is based in Bué, one of Sancerre's most celebrated villages, where the Millet family has farmed vines for five generations.
This wine is aged in stainless steel tanks to perserve freshness and aromatics; it's a great Sancerre to begin an evening.
We reached out to one of our sales reps last week hoping to taste one of his Sancerres. He brought three, and as you can see, we ordered each one.
All three are 100% Sauvignon Blanc from the same appellation, yet they couldn't be more different.
Let's begin:
2024 Domaine Gérard Millet Sancerre ($34)
Domaine Gérard Millet is based in Bué, one of Sancerre's most celebrated villages, where the Millet family has farmed vines for five generations.
This wine is aged in stainless steel tanks to perserve freshness and aromatics; it's a great Sancerre to begin an evening.
Aromas
of lemon zest, kaffir lime, nectarine, and flinty minerality
are present. On the palate there's beautiful ripe citrus and
stone fruit with bright, lively acidity and a clean mineral
finish.This is a Sancerre in its most immediate, generous,
crowd-pleasing form.
2024
Gitton Père et Fils Sancerre Les Echeneaux $40
Gitton Père et Fils deserves a special place in the story of Sancerre. Marcel Gitton started the estate in 1945 with less than a hectare, pioneering something that is now taken for granted: the idea of making single-vineyard, terroir-focused Sancerre.
Gitton's key philosophical distinction: every vineyard is vinified completely separately.
Les Écheneaux is a younger vineyard planted on flint (silex) soils producing a wine that delivers an aromatic symphony of lemon verbena, crushed rock, and flint on the nose, with subtle exotic fruit.
With your first sip there's an array of citrus and stone fruit, with an impressively long, minerally finish.
If the first Sancerre is the crowd pleaser, this one is more about texture and mineral tension; an intellectual Sancerre if you will.
Gitton Père et Fils deserves a special place in the story of Sancerre. Marcel Gitton started the estate in 1945 with less than a hectare, pioneering something that is now taken for granted: the idea of making single-vineyard, terroir-focused Sancerre.
Gitton's key philosophical distinction: every vineyard is vinified completely separately.
Les Écheneaux is a younger vineyard planted on flint (silex) soils producing a wine that delivers an aromatic symphony of lemon verbena, crushed rock, and flint on the nose, with subtle exotic fruit.
With your first sip there's an array of citrus and stone fruit, with an impressively long, minerally finish.
If the first Sancerre is the crowd pleaser, this one is more about texture and mineral tension; an intellectual Sancerre if you will.
2024
Gitton Père et Fils Sancerre Monopole En Creux $40
En Creux is a monopole and genuinely extraordinary, cited as the finest terroir for white wine in the written history of Sancerre dating to 1777. That's nearly 250 years of documented recognition, predating the AOC system by two centuries.
En Creux is a monopole and genuinely extraordinary, cited as the finest terroir for white wine in the written history of Sancerre dating to 1777. That's nearly 250 years of documented recognition, predating the AOC system by two centuries.
Juicy
peach and pear with earthy undertones, richer and more
stone-fruit than Les Écheneaux, with an inviting, earthy,
slightly savory structure beneath the pear, white peach,
citrus, and spiced herbal components. This one carries more
weight and texture; a more generous Sancerre; really a
show-stopper.
Renegade
is offering this 3-Pack for $98
With
the demand for Sancerre unabated we are happy to set aside a
3-pack or two for your leisurely weekend.
