2022 Domaine Fouassier Clos Paradis Sancerre, Loire Valley, France
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100% Sauvignon Blanc
The Fouassier family is one of the oldest winegrowing families in the village of Sancerre. Benoit and Paul Fouassier, cousins at the head of the estate today, are the 10th generation of Fouassier to have worked the estate's vines since 1742. The Fouassier family pioneered vinification by lieu-dit in the early 1980s. Since then, their work has focused on selecting the best parcels to express in the bottle the taste of the terroir on which the vines flourish. All work is carried out as naturally as possible, which is why the estate turned to organic and biodynamic farming over 15 years ago.
Nose of pear, honey, acacia flower, wet stone, a little touch of grapefruit. With aeration, stone and citrus take over. Full, airy and rounded mouthfeel, stretched by a fine acidity that lengthens the wine. Lingering finish, between the chewiness of chalk and the bitterness of citrus zest, the whole is very soft and refined.