2022 Sancerre, Cuvée Marcel Henri Denise, Daniel Chotard, Loire

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2022 Sancerre, Cuvée Marcel Henri Denise, Daniel Chotard, LoireThis vintage sees a name and label change for this wine, recognising the role of Simons grandmother, Denise, in creating the domaine. The fruit still comes from the old vine Champs dAlligny vineyard on griotte topsoil with Kimmeridgian clay beneath. Its horseshoe shape offers three different expositions, adding to the wines layered complexity. A substantial 80% is made in acacia foudre, with the remainder in stone amphora, which has the benefits of

Patrice is relieved to have this back in form and reports that the vines are in good health

bright mid-purple

Roberto Conterno bottled the entirety of his Barolo production from Francia as Monfortino

the property has been improving biodiversity and vineyard health energy use – plus

with layers of rich

this Léoville Barton still ideally deserves a few more years' patience

Made from vines planted in 2005

it is rich

minerality and softness

fairly heavily extracted in his early vintages but clearly moving to a softer style by 2004

It's one of the quintessential Graves that grows on you over the course of an evening

along with the introduction of a sorting table and a higher percentage of new wood in the cellar