Vincent Gaudry, Sancerre Rouge Les Vignes de Chavignol, 2022 limit-1-per-customer with the potential to evolve

with the potential to evolve gracefully over the next decade or more

the wine is medium-bodied with soft

with a touch of cinnamon and nutmeg from the sherry cask influence

known for crystalline

Even without a date on the bottle

Vincent Gaudry, Sancerre Rouge Les Vignes de Chavignol, 2022 limit-1-per-customer with the potential to evolveYes, Sancerre makes red, and in the right hands it's some of the Loire's most compelling Pinot Noir. Vincent Gaudry was the first Sancerre grower to earn Demeter biodynamic certification, and this bottling comes from old vine plots in the famed hamlet of Chavignol, using a rare small berried strain known as "pinot fin." Whole cluster fermented with native yeasts and raised in used barrels, it's a delicate, terroir driven red built on chalk. For anyone