One of the oldest (and best!) estates in Sainte Croix du Mont, about 40 miles southeast of Bordeaux. Like Sauternes and Barsac, noble rot develops here and brilliantly rich sweet wines are the estate's main focus. But they... Read More
Pretty much anything with “Sancerre” on the label sells these days, so feel free to pay more for less if you’re into that. But if you want the essence of fruit/chalk/gunflint aromas and flavors and the dusty,... Read More
Organic/Bio Just a short distance from Sancerre, Pouilly Fume showcases the smokier, gunflint, side of Sauvignon Blanc. Especially at this outstanding estate run by 8th generation winegrower Katia Mauroy-Gauliez working with some... Read More
Lower ABV All about fresh. Fresh white flowers, freshly squeezed citrus and zest, fresh cut grass, and juicy green grapes all jump from the glass to your nose as soon as you take a sniff. Scents of lemon zest and a little chalky... Read More
Venture off the beaten Loire Valley path to discover this DELICIOUS Sauvignon Blanc with very Sancerre-like quality and character (just at a much better price). The Coteaux de Giennois appellation is small - under 200 acres in... Read More
Lower ABV From old vines in one of the oldest named vineyards of Sancerre, this gets the full luxury treatment: old vines, organic and biodynamic farming, hand harvest, and fermentation and a full year’s aging in barrel.... Read More
The Gitton family got into the Sancerre business in 1945, back when making a wine living in the Loire meant driving your bottles into Paris and selling direct to bistros. They're bigger now, but just as traditional in how... Read More
The Gitton family got into the Sancerre business in 1945, back when making a wine living in the Loire meant driving your bottles into Paris and selling direct to bistros. They're bigger now, but just as traditional in how... Read More
This small (20 acre) family-owned estate makes delicious wines that studies the interaction of Sauvignon Blanc and Sancerre's diverse soils. Here you’ll taste the impact of Sancerre’s famed “terres blanches,”... Read More
While it’s hardly cheap, this is the most under-priced Sancerre in the shop and you should get some before the family wakes up to what they should be charging! From one of the finest caillottes (clay/limestone pebbles) plots... Read More
Calling this the best Sauvignon Blanc ever produced in Virginia is way, way, too modest. This is Sauvingnon that goes toe to toe with the very finest examples from Sancerre, Pessec, or anywhere else you can think of. Stunning... Read More
Possibly the finest Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc of the past decade, Grewyacke is a more laid-back take on the style owner/winemaker Kevin Judd first made famous at Cloudy Bay. Plenty of fruit, but also minerality, fresh herbs,... Read More
Lower ABV Basically a “baby Sancerre”, this exciting young Sauvignon Blanc is grown on the same chalky slate soils you’ll find across Sancerre from 10-40 year-old vines, fermented in stainless steel and allowed... Read More
About 35 years ago, Etienne (“Henri”) Bourgeois became the first Sancerre winemaker in recorded history to make and bottle a Sancerre raised entirely in new French oak. Today, the family has tweaked the formula, using... Read More
Lower ABV From the Wairau Bar, a gravel bank at the north tip of Marlborough on Cloudy Bay, this is super fresh and zippy New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc. It’s loaded with ruby red grapefruit, tart pink grapefruit and laced... Read More
Les Loges is the most admired region in Pouilly Fume giving wines of extra power and depth. The Vignes de Berge is a 3.5 ha parcel for 45 year-old vines on kimmeridgian marne soils with a high proportion of stones known terres... Read More
Lower ABV “Classed up Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc” undersells this a bit, but you get the idea. Fruit from the estate’s best blocks is picked just right ripe at 12.5% alcohol and fermented cool. Then 80% ages... Read More
We did NOT intend to buy a Long Island desert wine, but once tasted, there's no resisting this stunning late harvest Sauvignon Blanc marked by a touch of botrytis and made in new French oak. A big range of tropical notes -... Read More
Lower ABV I got nothin’ romantic to say about this wine produced in bulk for marketing company that’s targeting the $12 glass-pour market in neighborhood restaurants. Except if you’re a $12 by the glass Sauvignon... Read More
Lower ABV With growing international demand and a series of short harvests, finding good value New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc is getting tougher. This one's a winner. Super zesty aromas and flavors of gooseberry, passionfruit,... Read More
Organic/Bio Prime vineyards in the Rapaura region of Marlborough's Wairau Valley. Certified organic farming. Pre-dawn harvesting. Cool fermentation in tank and 4 months on the lees for richness. We could go on about the careful... Read More
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