SANCERRE
2013 Monts Damnés Chavignol Domaine Vincent Delaporte
| Grapes | Sauv Blanc |
| Colour | White |
| Origin | France, Loire |
| Sub-district | Sancerre |
| Village | Chavignol |
| ABV | 13% |
Very limited release of this new cuvée for 2013 - made with the top grapes of Sancerre, grown on the slopes of the famous Monts Damnés. L&S (Feb 2014)
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Super Sancerre from Delaporte: bright, fresh, floral and citrusy in aroma with a stylish quality of creamy-textured fruit that's delicately smoky and herby, all the while with that appetisingly tangy dry finish that makes for a mouthwatering drop. Rating: 91 The Wine Gang - www.thewinegang.com (Feb 2015)
Pale yellow with white gold highlights. Intense and complex nose with first balsamic notes (pine resin, beeswax, eucalyptus) and then floral aromas (acacia flowers, linden) with kiwi, citrus fruits and macaroon notes. The attack is clean, the palate is firm, crispy and brings a nice acidity. After meringue and citrus zest notes, it ends with white flowers and woody notes. Long retro-olfaction with fruit salad aromas.
Less adapted to seafood than traditional Sancerre, the Monts Damnés is better suited to refined dishes, such as firm-textured saltwater fish with traditional French sauces, lightly seared foie gras,poultry or veal escalope in cream sauce, and various cheeses.Winemaker's notes (Oct 2014)
Domaine Delaporte
Patrick and I first visited Vincent Delaporte in 1986, a memorable end to a long day, we finished by tasting older and older red and white Sancerres. His wines were in Steven Spurrier's selection for the Caves de la Madeleine, where I had worked several years earlier, and the London end of which Patrick was running at the time. They have featured in the Lea & Sandeman selection since our very first list. The domaine passed to Vincent's son Jean-Yves and his wife Nathalie, and now their son Matthieu is in charge, after a 'stage' at L&S in the summer of 2012, and taken over the winemaking role. They have recently incorporated the vines of Matthieu's uncle, giving them three new jewels in the crown, decent holdings in the Monts Damnés and La Côte d'Amigny (also known as 'La Grande Côte'(white) and Cul de Beaujeu (red).
Matthieu has taken the domaine in the direction of organic farming, although he still hesitates over going for certification. He has stopped buying new barrels, and stopped using cultured yeasts, sometimes allowing malolactic fermentation to occur. Levels of sulphur are kept to the barest minimum. (Charles Lea.)
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