90% Chardonnay/10% Menu Pineau. Cazin dedicates 1 hectare of mainly Chardonnay, with a bit of co-planted Menu Pineau, to a tiny production of Crémant de Loire. These 30-year-old vines are planted on siliceous clay soils and farmed sustainably. The bunches are harvested by hand and pressed directly...

Leclair explained to us that Sauvignon Blanc from Touraine has a less aggressive character than Sauvignon from Sancerre for several reasons - first, the terroir is different; second, it's warmer in Touraine by a few degrees; third, Touraine harvests later (in Sancerre they won't take the risk in...

Menetou-Salon's stoney soil gives a lot of minerality to the wine. Vines average 26-30 years-old. Fermented and aged in stainless steel. 2015 was the first vintage produced. Average production is 5,000 bottles per year.       

From 100% Pinot Noir vines over 60 years old, planted on the famous flinted hills of Saint-Satur, on the eastern side of the Sancerre appellation. This is a saignée rosé which is bled off after 48 hours of cold maceration. Vinified in temperature-regulated stainless steel tanks and aged for 3-4...

From one of Sancerre's most famous single-vineyard sites. La Cote des Monts Damnes has very steep slopes with south, south-east exposure and the vines are planted at 250 - 350 meters altitude. Like all of Yves Martin's wines, the fermentation is spontanoeus with indigenous yeasts. It's aged in tank...

100% Mondeuse. Peillot has three hectares of this rustic Bugey variety a relative of Syrah and Durif. Many of the vines were planted in the early 2000's on the steep, rocky, clay-limestone scree of the village and cru of Montagnieu but some are up to 100 years old.  They are all gobelet-trained. ...

100% Jacquère. The Abymes appellation sits lower and the slope than the Apremont and is on generally flatter land. Stainless steel fermentation and aging.

100% Gamay. About half of Georges Descombes' 15 hectares of vines are in the Morgon cru, spread amongst a number of different, mainly hilly parcels that are rich in decomposed-granite soils. There are two Morgon bottlings: one from old vines and this one, from the younger vines ranging from 5 up to...

100% Chardonnay. 75% 2017 & 25% reserve wines. Les Enfers is a 0.62 hectare plot neighboring the Les Roises vines in Collin's home village of Congy in the northern Coteaux du Morin. The 45-year-old vines have eastern exposure (vs. the southern exposure of Roises) and are planted on similar clay...