2023 Domaine François Crochet "Le Petit Chemarin" Sancerre, Loire Valley, France
Regular price $63.00
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100% Sauvignon Blanc
After enology studies and stints at many wineries, François took over his father’s Sancerre winery in Bué. Approximately 11 hectares on 30 parcels display a range of aspects from flat to steep, and north to south. Most of the grapes are the lieux-dits Le Petit Chemarin, Le Grand Chemarin, Le Chêne Marchand and Les Exils. Organic certified and working with biodynamic methods, the terroirs range between Kimmeridgian limestone marls, silex, various other limestone formations, and iron-rich clay. He’s one of the first growers in the appellation to pick, and the whites are whole cluster pressed and fermented and aged in steel or old tronconic oak vats.
“Le Petit Chemarin” is a single parcel planted in 1976 southeast of Bué on a medium steep slope facing south at 250-265 meters on hard limestone bedrock and clay topsoil.