Veritas Wines Sauvignon Amigny wine bottle with elegant label design.

Sancerre Blanc, Damoclès

FRANCE – Loire – Sancerre
Locality:
FRANCE – Loire – Sancerre
Appellation:
Sancerre
Grape Variety:
Sauvignon Blanc
WineMaker:
Thibauld Denizot
Vineyard:
Côte de l’épée, very steep limestone slope in the commune of Amigny. Sunny terroir facing south and southeast. Caillotes soil (limestone from the Sancerrois region) and Oxfordian limestone bedrock. Density of 7500 vines/ha.
Viticulture:
Organic and biodynamic certification pending. Guyot-Poussard pruning. Disbudding.
WineMaking:
Long and gentle pneumatic pressing. No sulfites added before fermentation. Static and natural settling for 36 to 48 hours. Preparation of a pied de cuve using indigenous yeasts. Then fermented in demi-muids (600L) and cigars (350L). The barrels come from the Atelier Centre France cooperage, which using steam hooping to ensure that the wood is fine-grained to avoid over-oaking.
Aging:
Aged 12 months on lees in demi-muids (600L) and cigars (350L). Then blended and aged for 6 additional months.
Bottling:
Neither fined nor filtered. Nitrogen and gravity flow are used for bottling.
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