2021 Marquis de Goulaine Touraine Sauvignon Blanc Loire Valley France

2021 Marquis de Goulaine Touraine Sauvignon Blanc Loire Valley France

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Marquis de Goulaine

Touraine Sauvignon Blanc
Les Landelles 2021
Loire Valley, France

2021 Marquis de Goulaine Touraine Sauvignon Blanc Loire Valley France

Marquis de Goulaine’s Les Landelles Sauvignon Blanc delivers a level of freshness, balance, and site expression that immediately sets it apart as an exceptional value. Floral aromatics and fresh herbal notes emerge with immediacy and restraint, capturing Touraine’s cool influence and mineral soils in strikingly pure form.

That purity is rooted firmly in Touraine’s geology and climate. Beneath the vines, tuffeau limestone intermingles with sands and flint clays, soils that naturally favor tension and aromatic definition. Above ground, the region’s position between Atlantic influence and a more continental rhythm allows Sauvignon Blanc to ripen slowly, preserving acidity while sharpening expression.

Les Landelles delivers its message with Loire-like precision. Bright acidity defines the structure, bringing focus to citrus and herbal notes while allowing the wine’s mineral character to surface naturally. There is no excess weight, resulting in a finish that feels both refreshing and distinctly place-driven.

Marquis de Goulaine
Touraine Sauvignon Blanc
Les Landelles 2021
Loire Valley, France

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“The Marquis de Goulaine 2021 Touraine Les Landelles is lively and expressive, with aromas of lime zest, grapefruit pith, subtle green tropical fruit notes, and freshly cut grass, white peach, and chalky soil. On the palate, the wine is sharp and focused, driven by racy acidity and flavors of citrus, green apple, and gooseberry, with a Touraine limestone minerality. The wine finishes clean and with hints of oceanic salinity and a crisp, refreshing sensation.”

94 Points

2024 Ronsard Sancerre La Pleiade Loire Valley France

2024 Ronsard Sancerre La Pleiade Loire Valley France

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Ronsard

Sancerre La Pléiade
Loire Valley, France 2024

2024 Ronsard Sancerre La Pleiade Loire Valley France

The La Pléiade Sancerre opens with the pristine radiance that only the Loire’s greatest vineyards can summon. A blend drawn from celebrated plots such as Chêne Marchand, Les Monts Damnés, Chasseignes, and Les Deserts, La Pléiade captures the valley’s dual nature: the cool, stony edges of its Kimmeridgian slopes and the gentle, sunlit contours of its clay-rich parcels.

What sets La Pléiade apart is the seamless way these sites come together in the glass. The limestone parcels drive a spine of mineral energy, while the clay slopes offer a rounder, more generous register, giving the wine both tension and veiled amplitude. It’s a Sauvignon Blanc that feels both effortless and profound, showcasing its terroir with striking precision.

Ronsard’s minimalist touch in the cellar allows this interplay of soils to shine without distraction. Stainless-steel fermentation keeps the profile clean and vivid, while gentle clarification protects the wine’s natural texture. La Pléiade speaks in its own voice, delivering a purity that honors both the vineyards and the heritage of Sancerre.

Ronsard
Sancerre La Pléiade
Loire Valley, France 2024

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“The Ronsard 2024 Sancerre ‘La Pleiade’ opens with fresh aromas of pink grapefruit, lemon zest, white pepper, and a saline, flinty minerality. On the palate, the wine is pure and refreshing, with playful citrus notes, elderflower and white blossoms, crisp tension, and a linear focus. The minerality is precise, recalling wet stone and chalk, while the texture is both delicate and refined. The wine’s balance is vibrant yet harmonious, with a clean, mouthwatering essence that layers notes of crisp, mineral-driven flavors into an absolutely compelling finish.”

95 Points

2024 Rene Malleron Clos du Roy Sancerre Loire Valley

2024 Rene Malleron Clos du Roy Sancerre Loire Valley

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René Malleron

Clos du Roy Sancerre
Loire Valley, 2024

2024 Rene Malleron Clos du Roy Sancerre Loire Valley

When history, terroir, and resilience converge, the result is something remarkable. The 2024 René Malleron Clos du Roy Sancerre emerges from a tiny 3.7-acre vineyard shaped like a crown, its south-facing slopes catching every ray of the Loire Valley sun, producing a Sauvignon Blanc that is as noble as its name. This historic parcel, first recorded in the 14th century when granted to King Henry IV, remains a jewel of Sancerre.

Rooted in Kimmeridgian limestone laced with ancient oyster shells, Clos du Roy yields fruit of rare purity and mineral drive. In 2024, Malleron channeled this essence into a wine that balances vivid freshness with the textural depth only this unique site can deliver.

The 2024 vintage tested every vine in Sancerre, but Clos du Roy emerged with remarkable clarity and drive. This wine distills the year’s adversity into a singular expression: bright, finely etched, and humming with limestone energy. The result is a Sancerre of riveting freshness and crystalline purity, destined to leave a lasting impression.

René Malleron
Clos du Roy Sancerre
Loire Valley, 2024

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“The Clos du Roy 2024 Sancerre nearly jumps out of the glass with notes of orange blossoms, Meyer lemon, grapefruit, white peaches, green melon, and a wet stone minerality. On the palate, the wine has a vibrant character with concentrated flavors of citrus and tropical fruits, a hint of lemon yogurt, refreshing acidity, and a light, ethereal finish. This wine is immediately enjoyable in the glass and will enhance any occasion with its friendly approachability and sophisticated array of varietal flavors and aromas.”

95 Points

2023 Maxence Millet Sancerre Blanc Cuvee Make Sense

2023 Maxence Millet Sancerre Blanc Cuvee Make Sense

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Maxence Millet

Sancerre Blanc 2023
Cuvée Make Sense
Loire Valley, France

2023 Maxence Millet Sancerre Blanc Cuvee Make Sense

Maxence Millet’s ‘Make Sense’ Sancerre offers a compelling story of tradition revitalized by an innovative spirit. Inheriting the legacy of Domaine Jean-Luc Millet, Maxence blends classic techniques with a modern sensibility, crafting a Sauvignon Blanc that reflects the terroir’s inherent character and the dynamism of contemporary winemaking.

The estate’s clay-limestone soils, imbued with history and minerality, nurture the vines, bestowing a refined elegance upon the grapes. The ‘Make-Sense’ label, with its striking design and equally bold philosophy, embodies Maxence’s vision: a confluence of place, passion, and artistic innovation.

Maxence gracefully balances respect for tradition with a touch of the unconventional. This exceptional bottling is designed to showcase Sauvignon Blanc’s pure, expressive nature, resulting in a wine that is both lively and remarkably complex. The 2023 vintage captivates with its vibrant acidity and distinctive flinty minerality—a wine that resonates with clarity and conviction.

Maxence Millet
Sancerre Blanc 2023
Cuvée Make Sense
Loire Valley, France

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“The 2023 Makes Sense Sancerre by Maxence Millet opens with a fresh, inviting bouquet of white blossoms, chamomile, delicate cherry blossoms, ripe lemons, juicy melon, and Honeycrisp apples. On the palate, the wine has bright fruit flavors and a flinty minerality with a touch of salinity that adds precision and depth and balances the wine’s vibrant acidity. The finish is crisp and pleasant, leaving lingering notes of citrus zest and wet stones.”

94 Points

2023 Jean-Pierre Vacher Sancerre Loire Valley France

2023 Jean-Pierre Vacher Sancerre Loire Valley France

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Jean-Pierre Vacher

Sancerre 2023
Loire Valley, France

2023 Jean-Pierre Vacher Sancerre Loire Valley France

Sancerre, a region renowned for its chalky limestone soils and moderate continental climate, has long been a sanctuary for world-class Sauvignon Blanc. This terroir produces wines characterized by a crispness and mineral-driven elegance that are truly distinctive.

Jean-Pierre Vacher, a pioneer in Sancerre winemaking since 1989, established a legacy that continues to thrive today. His son Jérôme and daughter-in-law Karine now oversee the estate, infusing their passion into every bottle, capturing the essence of Sancerre.

The 2023 Sancerre Blanc is a testament to the Vacher family’s dedication. Carefully tended across 25 acres, the vineyard produced grapes that showcase the region’s unique vibrancy.

This wine offers a complex tapestry of flavors: flinty minerality, zesty citrus, and ripe orchard fruit. Its lively acidity provides a crisp, refreshing finish, reflecting the land and the family’s unwavering commitment to excellence.

Jean-Pierre Vacher
Sancerre 2023
Loire Valley, France

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“The Jean-Pierre Vacher 2023 Sancerre Blanc offers a delicate bouquet of white and orange blossoms, laced with a subtle hint of ginger, and orange zest, grapefruit, and green passionfruit. On the palate, ripe citrus notes intertwine with green mango, melon, while a chalky minerality provides a refreshing acidic backbone. The finish is clean and fresh, showcasing a classic example of the esteemed region.”

94 Points

2021 Le Petit Broux Sancerre Blanc Loire Valley

2021 Le Petit Broux Sancerre Blanc Loire Valley

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LE PETIT BROUX

SANCERRE BLANC
LOIRE VALLEY 2021

2021 Le Petit Broux Sancerre Blanc Loire Valley
Sancerre is one of the most sought-after styles of Sauvignon Blanc worldwide because of its sophistication and vivid sense of place. The wines are famous for their clean, fresh character with focused flinty minerality, salinity, textured layers of citrus, and tropical fruit flavors on riper vintages.
 
The classic French region is located in the heart of the country and has been a center of French resistance since the Middle Ages, bringing people together for centuries. After a warm vintage the previous year, the cooler 2021 vintage reveals classic Sancerre nuances, and the Le Petit Broux bottling displays zesty acidity, lower alcohol levels, and vibrant, bright fruit with a finish that keeps you wanting glass after glass.
 
LE PETIT BROUX
SANCERRE BLANC
LOIRE VALLEY 2021
 
 
 
“The 2021 vintage for Sancerre brought back originality with cooler temperatures giving aromas of gooseberry, lemon zest, green melon, and a crushed seashell minerality. On the palate, the Le Petit Broux has a fresh, clean mouthfeel and bright acidity with flavors of lemongrass, green grapefruit, lime, and oceanic salinity. The wine finishes with energy, liveliness, and a sense of elevation.”
93-94 Points
2021 Jean-Marie Reverdy Caillottes Sancerre Loire Valley

2021 Jean-Marie Reverdy Caillottes Sancerre Loire Valley

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JEAN-MARIE REVERDY

CAILLOTTES SANCERRE
LOIRE VALLEY 2021

2021 Jean-Marie Reverdy Caillottes Sancerre Loire Valley
Domaine La Villaudière is a multi-generational winery run by Jean-Marie Reverdy and his wife Catherine, with the help of their elder son and estate winemaker Guillaume. They handcraft brilliant Sancerre, centered around sustainability, family, and preserving classic Sancerre terroir. The Sancerre AOC brings a level of sophistication to Sauvignon Blanc, unmatched by any other region in the world, with traditional farming practices and winemaking techniques passed down for generations.
 
The winery sources this stunning Sauvignon Blanc from vines grown on the renowned Caillottes soil, known for producing fruit with elaborate aromatics. The 2021 ‘Caillottes’ Sancerre offers a specific sense of place, capturing the chalky minerality and zesty citrus fruit that’s part of the region’s identity and why it’s celebrated worldwide as the epitome of Sauvignon Blanc.
 
JEAN-MARIE REVERDY
CAILLOTTES SANCERRE
LOIRE VALLEY 2021
 
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“Domaine La Villaudière 2021 ‘Caillottes’ Sancerre opens with aromas of bay leaf, rosemary, lime, white peach, and crushed sea shells. On the palate, the wine displays vibrant acidity and flavors of grapefruit, lemon yogurt, and gooseberry. This wine is mineral and citrus fruit-driven, balanced by a soft mouthfeel with remarkable concentration.”
94 Points
2021 La Villaudiere Sancerre Blanc Loire Valley

2021 La Villaudiere Sancerre Blanc Loire Valley

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LA VILLAUDIERE

SANCERRE BLANC
LOIRE VALLEY 2021

2021 La Villaudiere Sancerre Blanc Loire Valley
Sancerre brings a level of sophistication to Sauvignon Blanc unmatched by any other region in the world, with traditional farming practices and winemaking techniques passed down for generations. Domaine de la Villaudière is a multi-generational winery that today, Jean-Marie Reverdy and his wife Catherine operate with the help of their elder son and estate winemaker Guillaume, crafting beautiful Sancerre Blanc, classic to the region.
 
With an average age of over 30 years, the vines have an exposure facing south to southeast, giving ample sunshine aiding in complete ripeness and aromatic development. The 2021 Sancerre stands out for its clean, penetrating delivery and ideal balance between fruit, minerality, and acidity, displaying precisely why this classic style is sought by Sauvignon Blanc lovers worldwide.
 
LA VILLAUDIERE
SANCERRE BLANC
LOIRE VALLEY 2021
 
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“The 2021 Domaine de la Villaudiere Sancerre opens with fresh notes of peony, elderflower, lime zest, green apple, rosemary, chalk, and salinity. On the palate, the wine bursts with bright white peach, citrus pith, and passion fruit that finishes with lemon cheesecake, adding a little bit of body. This wine is exquisite and refined but makes a big splash with its intense flavor profile and lengthy finish.”
93 Points
2020 Maison Lispaul Sancerre Les Deux Rangs Loire Valley

2020 Maison Lispaul Sancerre Les Deux Rangs Loire Valley

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MAISON LISPAUL

2020 SANCERRE
LES DEUX RANGS
LOIRE VALLEY

2020 Maison Lispaul Sancerre Les Deux Rangs Loire Valley
When it comes to refreshing wines with dynamic complexity, laser focus, and tantalizing acidity, Sancerre is unparalleled. They offer stratospherically high quality/value compared to neighboring Burgundy, where you could be paying several times the bottle price for wines of comparable quality. Shirley Gaucher’s 2020 Sancerre Les Deux Rangs is classically concentrated, refreshingly bright, and focused, offering tremendous value, immediately noticeable in your glass. 
 
Drawn from established thirty-year-old vines grown in classic clay and flint soils, Shirley Gaucher’s Sancerre is vinified in stainless steel tanks for eight months, preserving the wine’s natural freshness, keen acidity, and fruit purity. 
 
Made at Maison Lispaul, named for the winemaker’s two children Lison and Paul-Henri, which is a small family-run estate, with proprietor David Maudry coming from a family of vintners. Their Sancerre comes from a 15-hectare plot on the left bank of the Loire, chosen for its Southern exposure, silex (flint)-rich soils, and expressive fruit.
 
MAISON LISPAUL
2020 SANCERRE
LES DEUX RANGS
LOIRE VALLEY
 
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“The Shirley Gaucher Sancerre Les Deux Rangs 2020 shimmers in the glass and begins with a beautiful combination of lively fruits and florals on the nose, including ripe pomelo, lime peel, white peach, and wild rose petals. It has a laser-like focus on the palate with grapefruit, Kiwi, and mandarins, along with a focused, penetrating, and vibrant finish.”
91 Points
2018 Florian Mollet Pouilly-Fume Loire Valley, France

2018 Florian Mollet Pouilly-Fume Loire Valley, France

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FLORIAN MOLLET

2018 POUILLY-FUME
LOIRE VALLEY, FRANCE

2018 Florian Mollet Pouilly-Fume Loire Valley, France
Florian Mollet is fervent about his viticulture and winemaking. He’s also not afraid to combine tradition with modern advancements like using multiple small stainless-steel tanks for vinifying each of his parcels separately. His winery is Domaine du Clos du Roc, one of the top houses in Sancerre, formerly the Saint-Satur Abbey, founded in 1450. Their Pouilly-Fume comes from a tiny 6ha parcel across the river near the wine-growing hamlet of Boisgibault, and it produces fruit with remarkable character, clarity, and balance.
 
Domaine du Clos du Roc’s parcel in Pouilly-Fume is grown in silex soils and planted to 100% Sauvignon Blanc. The flint terroir gives the wine a unique personality, and the hallmark a subtle smoky, gunflint note which rises from the glass. 
 
Florian ferments his Pouilly-Fume in stainless steel tanks for three weeks without malolactic fermentation to preserve the wine’s natural brightness. He also ages the wine for six months on the fine lees, contributing to the intriguing textures and overall balance.
 
FLORIAN MOLLET
2018 POUILLY-FUME
LOIRE VALLEY, FRANCE
 
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“Wonderful aromas of dried flowers to the cooked apple and some lime. Green papaya too. Medium to full body. Fruity and minerally finish. Drink now.” 
94 Points
 
Winery Notes: “Golden green. The nose opens up to notes of wild flowers backed by subtle citrus fruit. Expressive attack on the palate exuding exotic fruit with refreshing exuberance and delicate balance.”