Style: White Wine

Producer: Jean-Marc et Romain Pastou

Grape: Sauvignon Blanc

Where: Sancerre, Loire Valley

Country: France

Taste: aromas of lime and lemon zest, with a touch of firecracker smoke (from the flinty soils). Flavors of crisp pear, grapefruit and kumquat.

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About the Wine: 40+ year old vines. From the village of Sury-en-Vaux, just north of Chavignol. Clay-limestone and silex soil. Fermented and aged in stainless steel.

About the producer: 

Domaine Pastou is located in the commune of Sury-en-Vaux, a sleepy town located amidst the rolling hills in the Northern section of the Sancerre appellation. Jean-Marc Pastou has been making wine under his own label since the early 1980’s, planting his first vines (now his oldest), in that same year. They hold a total of 12 hectares of Sauvignon Blanc vines in Sancerre, including numerous parcels in the fantastic lieu dit of ‘Les Boucaults’. This wine is a perennial favorite, delivering mineral driven, beautiful Sancerre fruit for an amazingly good price.