2022 Vincent Gaudry, Sancerre Rouge, Les Vignes de Chavignol Producer_R. Lopez de Heredia and quite piercingly dry beneath

and quite piercingly dry beneath that richness

Giulia crafts hauntingly pure and lithe Nebbiolo from these windswept vineyards and draws a lot of inspiration from the great wines of Burgundy

with its history tracing back to 1725

From grains distilled in Scotland and then matured for 4 years in oak casks in Burgundian caves

2022 Vincent Gaudry, Sancerre Rouge, Les Vignes de Chavignol Producer_R. Lopez de Heredia and quite piercingly dry beneathOne of the regions earliest adopters of biodynamics, Vincent Gaudry's wines are precise and concentrated, and I find some similarities to Claude Riffault (both are based in Sury en Vaux). Gaudry has access to some great terroirs, many on Kimmeridgian marl. The rouge comes from Chavignol. The vineyards belong to Anne Vatan, who has given Gaudry use as thanks for his work helping to farm Clos Neore. Gaudry uses a particularly desirable clone of Pinot