This parcel of Kimmeridgian marl, known locally as terres blanches, gives wines full of flavour and texture. The acidity and alcohol are so perfectly matched. This is all about power and precision.
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Based on fruit from 41- to 54-year-old vines on extremely shallow Kimmeridgian soils in a southeast-facing cru at 260 meters in altitude, the 2020 Sancerre Les Denisottes is bright, pure and elegant yet also deep, dense and intense on the flinty-mineral nose that reveals iodine and crushed stone notes and is utterly fascinating. It doesn't show the warmth and richness of the vintage at this early stage but an exciting terroir and adapted winemaking. On the palate, this is a full-bodied, intense and concentrated, grippy and structured, never ending river of salts and gravels. The wine reveals gorgeous purity and is as dense and intense as it is firmly structured and persistently salty, with lots of terroir-driven finesse and energy. Only when the wine gets warmer, it reveals the same lychee nuances as Les Chailloux. Les Denisottes remains one of my personal favorites from the Sancerreois to have with oysters or scallops. 14% stated alcohol. Natural cork. Tasted in January 2022.
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