Domaine Fernand Girard Sancerre Blanc La Garenne 2023 750ml

Our Professional Review

Bart Hopkins of 67Wine.com writes | A bright, lively, perfectly delightful Sancerre that provides refreshing sipping pleasure! A nice balance of citrus and orchard fruit aromas mingle playfully with notes of elderflower, quince and apple blossoms. Crisp and well rounded, this is a perfect go to for seafood, light poultry, salads and vegetarian dishes.

Winemaker Description

Bright, lively, pleasantly aromatic, has zippy acidity but low astringency. It is a wonderful food wine that is as versatile as it is easy to drink.

100% Sauvignon Blanc. La Garenne was named for the original 2.5-hectare plot from which it came. Today, the name remains while the fruit may come from across the fifth-generation Girards 14 hectares of vines, which are spread over slopes in five communes including Verdigny and Saint Satur and which include three distinct terroirs: gravel soils (caillottes), flint (silex) and heavy clay (grosses terres).

The Girards farm sustainably and harvest the steepest slopes by hand and the flatter sites by machine. Parcels are vinified separatelyfermented with native yeasts in steel tankthen aged in tank and blended (the US only sees La Garenne).