SANCERRE ROUGE
2022 Silex Chavignol Domaine Vincent Delaporte
Grapes | Pinot Noir |
Colour | Red |
Origin | France, Loire |
Other | Vegetarian, Vegan |
Sub-district | Sancerre |
Village | Chavignol |
ABV | 13% |
The 2022 Silex is a young, energetic puppy of a wine. Firm and direct, which seems to be the hallmark of wines from the flint-based parcels in Sancerre, it might be light in body, but it contains a certain fierceness within its core. The 2022 offers a spicy finish. Drinking range: 2025 - 2033 Rating: 90 Rebecca Gibb MW - Vinous.com (Aug 2024)
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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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