2023 Pascal Jolivet Sancerre, Loire Valley, FranceABOUT THIS WINE A blend of grapes from Bu, Verdigny, Saint Satur, and Sainte Gemme. Soils are represented by 50% limestone, 30% clay limestone marl and 20% flint. From the Producer: "Each grape is sorted upon receipt of the harvest, we work by gravity in order to respect the natural circuit of vinification. We make a light press and only keep the juices from the gout and the heart of the press. Each grape origin is vinified separately in temperature

Wild yeast fermentation in concrete tanks

As a Trocken (dry) Riesling

The first Reserva was bottled by the founder in 1890

These rare

his wife asked their nephew

The “Villero” is aged in large French oak “botti” for at least two years after a cuvaison of three weeks or more

the wine was aged on its fine lees for a few months to add complexity and depth before bottling in early 2024

Only 175 cases of this Gevrey-Chambertin are produced each year

and the perfect picture of how a mountainous region nestled in between Burgundy and Switzerland should appear in the mind’s eye

On his large estate south of Ajaccio

mid September

Maceration and fermentation occurs over 23 days