Domaine Perrault Jadaud Les Grive Soules Vouvray 2019

Bone dry, white fruit, flowers and green apple with sublime minerality. Medium bodied texture with a  fresh and complex finnish.

Established since 2008, Tanguy Perrault and Anne-Cécile Jadaud, this young couple full of energy own 2.5 hectares of vines spread over three locations. Anne-Cécile teaches oenology at the wine school in Amboise and Tanguy with an oenology degree and Master of Philosophy says “My wife is the head, I’m the hands!”. Tanguy’s career started with a job in Bordeaux working in the vineyard and then as a cellar master for a famous domain in Vouvray. His determination pushed him to settle his own estate, and especially after a reflection of his boss who told him in substance: “You’ll never work for anyone!” Taking this to a sentence or a fatality, it was the beginning of a new adventure. Tanguy and Anne-Cecile’s work is meticulous, even difficult due to some vineyards in terrace. They managed to recently aquire a new vineyard, planted in 1961. Their production is made of a dry and off dry style and some fine bubbles under the ancestral method. All wines are aged in old barrels, including their sparkling wines. There is a traditional aspect in their work and even if they are not fundamentalists “organic” they argue that choice, because it is the easiest way to grow while keeping a distrust copper treatments. Yields never exceed 30 hectoliters per hectare in the best years.

Pascal et Nicolas Reverdy Terre de Maimbray Sancerre 2020

100% Sauvignon blanc from 20+ year-old vines, hand-picked and sorted, very gentle pneumatic press and cool fermented in stainless steel. Matured in tank on fine lees for 6 months. Ripe and vibrant gooseberry fruit aromas without excess. Excellent depth of fruit on the palate with texture minerality and excellent depth and character. More refinement apparent each vintage.

Pascal Reverdy’s domaine is based in the tiny hamlet of Maimbray. Maimbray is located in a valley surrounded by chalk hills adjacent to Chavignol and Verdigny. From their small cellar they produce one of France’s most highly awarded Sancerres. The Reverdy’s are highly accomplished viticulturists. They take great pride in their vineyards and they make it clear that the quality of the fruit comes from constant work and attention to every little detail in the vineyard throughout the year. The white Sancerre ‘Terre de Maimbray’ is picked at approximately 13° baumé and shows wonderful concentration of pure Sauvignon Blanc fruit, with chalky mineral flavours adding another dimension.