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Sancerre Rose 2010 Paul Prieur
Sancerre Rose 2010 Paul Prieur
Bottle Price: £13.75
Case Price: £156.5
- Country: France
- Region: Pays de la Loire
- Grape Variety: Pinot Noir
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- Bottle Size: cl
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Domaine Paul Prieur - Sancerre, Loire
This family has its roots firmly entrenched in Verdigny, a small satellite hamlet of Sancerre, the hilltop village that overlooks the vineyards after which the wines are named. The well-situated, sheltered slopes offer perfect conditions for the late-ripening Sauvignon Blanc grape, which is ideally suited to the limestone and marl soil.
The majority of wine produced is the white made from the Sauvignon Blanc, but the second grape variety, the red Pinot Noir, makes soft, supple delicate rosés and light, perfumed complex reds.
This family-owned vineyard was recommended to us by a very friendly Master of Wine, who had tasted the family wines over a decade or so and had never been disappointed. We owe him a very big thank you, as do our customers who regularly return to restock their cupboards.
Sancerre is a French wine Appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC) for wine produced in the environs of Sancerre in the eastern part of the Loire valley, southeast of Orléans. Almost all of the appellation lies on the left bank of the Loire, opposite Pouilly-Fumé. It is well regarded for and primarily associated with Sauvignon blanc, making wines of great purity and elegance. Some Pinot Noir is also grown, accounting for around 20% of the region's production, making mostly light red wines for quaffing under the designation of Sancerre Rouge. A rosé style from Pinot noir is also produced in a style similar to Beaujolais.
White Sancerre was one of the original AOCs awarded in 1936, with the same area being designated for red wines on 23 January 1959. The AOC area has expanded fourfold over the years, most recently on 18 March 1998. The town lies on an outcrop of the chalk that runs from the White cliffs of Dover down through the Champagne and Chablis.
The soils around the area can be roughly classified into three categories. The far western reaches heading towards Menetou-Salon have "white" soils with clay and limestone. Around the village of Chavignol (considered a cru of Sancerre), the soil also includes some Kimmeridgian marl. Wines from these western reaches tend to have more body and power in their flavor profile. Heading closer to the city of Sancerre the soil picks up more gravel mixed with the limestone and tends to produce more light bodied wines with delicate perfumes. The third classification of soil is found around the city of Sancerre itself which includes many deposits of flint (also known as silex) that add distinctive mineral components. These wines tend to be heavily perfumed with the longest aging potential of Sancerres.