The Sancerre is a world-renowned terroir. The presence of vines in Sancerre and on the banks of the Loire River dates back to Antiquity. The vineyard of Sancerre wines was destroyed by phylloxera at the end of the 19th century. Instead of replanting only pinot noir, winemakers added sauvignon blanc to the pinot noir. The quality of the Sancerre wine has always been at the rendezvous since then. The white wines made from Sauvignon Blanc have been classified AOC since 1936.
Located east of the city of Bourges, the Sancerre vineyard covers approximately 2,770 hectares. The appellation covers 14 communes: Bannay, Bué, Crézancy, Menetou-Râtel, Ménétréol, Montigny, Saint-Satur, Sainte-Gemme, Sury-en-Vaux, Thauvenay, Veaugues, Verdigny, Vinon and of course Sancerre.
The vines of Sancerre have been planted on three types of soils. The "terres blanches" are located in the west of the territory, on the hills. The wines from these clay-limestone soils are more full-bodied. On the central hillsides, the "caillottes" are characterized by stony and calcareous soils, which give floral notes to the wine. Finally, on the hills to the east of the vineyard, the siliceous clay soils give firm, mineral wines.
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gerard boulay clos de beaujeu 2018
"the clos de beaujeu cuvée is the fruit of sauvignon blanc vines nestled on steep...
gerard boulay la cote 2018
"the boulay family has been growing vines in chavignol since 1310. this village in the...
henri bourgeois petit bourgeois 2015
the henri bourgeois estate located in chavignol in the loire valley offers a very nice...
françois cotat mont damnes 2018
the wine, neither filtered nor fined, shows a beautiful maturity, coupled with a...
gerard boulay la cote 2021
"the boulay family has been growing vines in chavignol since 1310. this village in the...
gerard boulay sancerre 2019
"the boulay family has been growing vines in chavignol since 1310. this village in the...
gerard boulay mont damnes 2021
"the boulay family has been growing vines in chavignol since 1310. this village in the...
fouassier & raynal le ciel peut attendre 2017
certainly the most emblematic domain of sancerre, fouassier is today represented by the...
gerard boulay comtesse 2020
the boulay family has been growing vines in chavignol since 1310. this village in the...
vacheron chambrates 2019
the vacheron family settled in the sancerre region at the beginning of the 20th century...
françois cotat 2012 magnum
françois cotat has been working on the family estate since 1979 with his father, whom...
vacheron les romains 2019
"domaine vacheron sancerre blanc is a biodynamic white wine from the sancerre aoc, a...
alphonse mellot generation dix neuf 2017
illustrious wine sellers or winemakers, the members of the mellot family have always...
gerard boulay monts damnes 2020
monts damnés is a dry white wine from sancerre, produced by gérard boulay. this estate...
gerard boulay sancerre 2020
"the boulay family has been growing vines in chavignol since 1310. this village in the...
vacheron blanc 2021
"domaine vacheron sancerre blanc is a biodynamic white wine from aoc sancerre, a single...
pascal cotat la grande cote 2018
in chavignol there is a vineyard that produces perhaps the best sancerre wines: it is...
gerard boulay la cote 2020
"the boulay family has been growing vines in chavignol since 1310. this village in the...
alphonse mellot cuvee edmond 2019
the edmond 2019 cuvée from the alphonse mellot estate is an emblematic wine from the...
gerard boulay sancerre 2021
"the boulay family has been growing vines in chavignol since 1310. this village in the...
alphonse mellot cuvée edmond 1997
alphonse mellot is a well-respected winery in the loire valley region of france, known...
pascal cotat la grande cote 2000
a tiny production, a vineyard admirably located on the steep hillside of the monts...
pascal cotat les monts damnes 2009
a tiny production, a vineyard admirably located on the steep hillside of the monts...
pascal cotat la grande cote 2003
a tiny production, a vineyard admirably located on the steep hillside of the monts...
alphonse mellot la moussiere 2022
it was in 1513 that the mellot family arrived in sancerre. eighteen generations have...
alphonse mellot cuvée les romains 2021
the mellot family, both winemakers and wine merchants, have had a presence in the...
didier dagueneau mont damne 2020
sancerre les monts damnés is a cuvée of great elegance, which fully expresses the...
louis benjamin dagueneau sancerre en chailloux 2018
en chailloux is closely linked to the history of the dagueneau estate, since it is the...
gerard boulay clos de beaujeu 2021
the unfiltered 2021 sancerre clos de beaujeu comes from vines averaging 45 years of age...
vacheron blanc 2022
"domaine vacheron sancerre blanc is a biodynamic white wine from aoc sancerre, a single...
pascal cotat la grande cote 2020
"the grande côte" wine from pascal cotat is a benchmark in the sancerre appellation,...