Sancerre Les Calcaires 2020

LUCIEN CROCHET

Sancerre Les Calcaires
2020

Country
France
Regulated designation
Appellation origine controlée (AOC)
Region
Loire Valley
Varietal(s)
Sauvignon Blanc 100 %
Colour
White
Sugar
Dry
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About this winery

At Lucien Crochet the emphasis is on creating wines of finesse and complexity that are faithful to both terroir and vintage. The vineyards are located around the towns of Bué, Sancerre and Crézancy, the finest of which is the limestone-based Chêne Marchand vineyard. Gilles Crochet, Lucien's son, makes the wines as naturally as possible using indigenous yeasts. Through hand picking, careful selection of the grapes and long, slow ageing 'sur lie', Lucien Crochet produces sophisticated and...

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Product notes

"Les Calcaires" by Lucien Crochet is a pure Sauvignon produced in one of the most prestigious and historic terroirs of origin: the Loire Valley. The deep and multifaceted minerality that characterizes the olfactory bouquet is an unmistakable feature of the calcareous soil of Buè, from which this label takes its name. The same flavor we find on the palate, more measured and enveloping

Press reviews

Decanter

- 95 points -

June 2020

Gilles and Laurence Crochet have been running this pioneering domaine since 1983. Gilles' two grandfathers Lucien Picard and André Crochet merged their two businesses back in the 1950s and were one of the first estates to sell their wines to restaurants in Paris. Before taking on the management of the domaine, Gilles spent six years making wine in Burgundy to broaden his knowledge. The Les Calcaires hails from a series of plots on their 35 hectares of vineyards ranging from 240-280 metres above sea level and which feature 'Caillottes' and 'Griottes' limestone soils. Organic fertilisers have been used since 1989.

JB: Attractive vibrant fruit, fresh, finesse and complexity. Lovely wine - very clean and precise.

RG: Slightly sweaty rather reductive Sauvignon that expands on the mid palate but concludes with a linear, slightly sherbetty finish.

CK: Brilliant energy and aromatics here, massive focus and grip, acid precision too. A young wine set up for the cellar.

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Vinous

- 90 points -

Rebecca Gibb MW, August 2022 (Vintage 2019)

Known as La Croix du Roy, the 2019 Sancerre Calcaires is a highly floral style. The wine is round and ripe with a sense of tenderness through its middle. There's plentiful concentration here and an attractive covering of chalkiness. A light grip holds the wine together on the finish.

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