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This limestone site sits on the lower part of the slope beneath the Tour de Curon. This is the most Burgundian of the single vineyard Chardonnays, with a serious, savoury and citrus expression, and a plump cushion of stone fruit at its core.

This is Sancerre’s best known and greatest site. It is a dramatic slope of Kimmeridgian terres blanches in Chavignol that wraps around the hillside and dips down into the commune of Verdigny, where Luc’s parcel lies. His 2020 is charged with the site's natural power and depth, and has layer upon layer of energy and drive. Its ample weight and scintillating concentration promise it is built for greater things. Don't be afraid to cellar this, it will only improve.

Silex is one of the Dagueneau signature wines, and has brought an obscure name for a type of soil - flint - into the fine wine mainstream. It is smoky, tight, and typically powerful. This is quintessential Dagueneau. It comes from various parcels around the hill of St Andelain with different exposures, making for a wholly complex, enthralling, and long-lived wine.

Mineral and intense. Lovely drive and fine acidity. Primary, slightly tropical fruit on the nose, with nice energy. There’s a nice dichotomy between fruit and freshness here.

This is a wine that thrills blanc de blancs enthusiasts and its huge demand is often frustrated by tiny quantities. The 2016 is another superb example of the Péters style of energy, vim, and staggering finesse. It comes from three plots of old vines in the famous Chétillons vineyard in Le Mesnil-sur-Oger, and is the flagship wine of the estate. This highly-respected estate in the heart of the Côte des Blancs is famed for its scintillating blanc de blancs. It has an impressive history, dating back to 1858, and today is being taken to ever greater heights by current incumbent, Rodolphe Péters, the sixth generation of the family to farm in Le Mesnil-sur-Oger. Under his stewardship the wines now enjoy insatiable demand.

This is the defining site of Sancerre, and akin to a grand cru in the appellation. It is the steep slope that runs the length of the Chavignol village and its south-facing aspect and terres blanches soils produce the appellation’s most powerful and long-lived wines. François’s wine perfectly captures the power and finesse of this great site, with statuesque poise.