2023 Domaine Vacheron Sancerre Belle Dame Rouge, Loire, France Mac Forbes An electric energy and all

An electric energy and all the mouth-watering juiciness Gamay does best

thought of to be the original natural co-ferment

fermented with indigenous yeasts

it directly correlates to the amount of vines in each row working up the western side of the property

Classic vertical press

2023 Domaine Vacheron Sancerre Belle Dame Rouge, Loire, France Mac Forbes An electric energy and allMost people, when tasting the Belle Dame, a cuve of 50 year old vines of Pinot Noir grown on pure flint soils, compare it to Burgundy. It understandable and unfortunate at the same time as this is a terror quite distinct from anything in Burgundy further north and on hard flinty soils. Before phylloxera, Sancerre was renown as Pinot Noir country, and justly so. Sadly, there are few producers, like Vacheron, who care enough to prove just how amazing