![]() ![]() Flint (silex) soils close to the village produce particularly perfumed and age-worthy wines.Ībout ten percent of the wines claiming the Sancerre appellation name are fresh and light red wines made from Pinot noir and to a lesser extent, rosés. Moving closer to the actual town of Sancerre, soils are gravel and limestone, producing especially delicate wines. In the western part of the appellation, clay and limestone soils with Kimmeridgean marne, especially in Chavignol, produce powerful wines. While the region claims a continental climate, noted for short, hot summers and long, cold winters, variations in topography-rolling hills and steep slopes from about 600 to 1,300 feet in elevation-with great soil variations, contribute the variations in character in Sancerre Sauvignon blancs. Its enormous popularity in 1970s French bistros led to its success as the go-to restaurant white around the globe in the 1980s. Marked by its charming hilltop village in the easternmost territory of the Loire, Sancerre is famous for its racy, vivacious, citrus-dominant Sauvignon blanc. Though the family is forever striving to perfect their craft, they remain committed to Henri’s original viticultural vision of showcasing the purity of the Sauvignon Blanc and Pinot Noir grapes and the unique Terroirs of Sancerre.įamille Bourgeois has received numerous accolades over the years from press and public alike for all of their wines, ranging from their delightfully fresh & food-friendly "baby Sancerre" Petit Bourgeois wines to their age-worthy, terroir-driven Sancerre & Pouilly-Fumé cuvées. Today, Arnaud, Lionel, and Jean-Christophe Bourgeois are just as much the heirs of those men as the initiators of the future of the vines and wines of the house. They discovered new terroirs, bought land, developed partnerships with other Sancerre families, and turned themselves into the #1 ambassador of Sancerre in France, then abroad. His sons, Jean-Marie and Rémi, joined him in the 1960s and continued the adventure. ![]() From cultivating two hectares on the slopes of Chavignol, Henri took the audacious step in the 1950s of developing his vineyards in an as yet unknown area. Brought to fruition by Henri Bourgeois over 50 years ago, the vineyards lie on some of the most rugged hillside terrains, offering the best exposures in the Loire Valley. The domain covers 72 hectares on the best Terroir of Sancerre and Pouilly-Fumé appellations. Today we picked up the parcel from Vincent Grall Vigneron, and to our big surprise there were not one but two bottles of Sancerre white wine.The Famille Bourgeois has been in love with Pinot Noir and Sauvignon Blanc for 11th generation. Adélaïde responded very professionally and said she would send us a new bottle. We wrote an E-mail and explained about this unfortunate issue with this one bottle. When we were back in Copenhagen we discovered there was an issue with one of the bottles. After we returned from the wine fields we bought 8 bottles of Sancerre white wine to bring with us to Denmark. Also her English was very good and she had a wonderful sense of humour. She explained about the special type of soil in the Sancerre region and how the different properties of the soil gave different characteristics to the wine, and it was actually not difficult to taste these subtle differences between the four Sancerre white wine she had brought with her. In addition, she taught us a lot about how to grow the grapes and how to produce the wine. We met with Adélaïde Grall at noon on May 3rd and she took us out in the fields where we tasted four different Sancerre white wine and one rose wine. During our stay we booked a wine tasting experience at Vincent Grall Vigneron. Therefore, we had arranged to stay two nights in Sanccere on our journey through France and the Loire Valley.
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