2023 Lucien Crochet Sancerre "Le Chêne Marchand", Loire Valley, FranceABOUT THIS WINE In this highly renowned named place in the village of Bu, the vines grow in plots that are made up exclusively of "caillottes". The ideal wine to pair with fine food. The wine stays on the lees for 10 months giving a beautiful creaminess to the wine, 15% is aged in large oak barrel. ABOUT THIS PRODUCER Lucian Crochet is run by a married couple who both come from Sancerre wine growers. The family of Lucien Crochet have been winegrowers

The resulting wine has excellent penetration on the palate and is normally dominated by its firm minerality which brings more rigor and complexity than the “Corbins”

and 25% Pinot Blanc—an uncommon inclusion that adds roundness and florality

especially regarding their soils

employing extended lees contact and selective bâtonnage

In 1981 Valentino Maiolini's four sons relaunched the Majolini winery

combining buttery toffee

As mentioned above

he set up a cooperative with Olivier Cousin and other local growers to share the cost and use of expensive farm tools

including the monopole site Bürgergarten “Im Breumel”

The grapes are harvested by hand around mid-October

Vignettes is often the longest-lived of the Cibonne cuvées

Martha earned a degree in Oenology and Viticulture from the University of Geisenheim in Germany (the only American in her graduating class)