Bertrand Graillot Domaine de l'Estang Sancerre, Loire, France 2020 Valais crisp and pleasantly tannic with

crisp and pleasantly tannic with further elegant red fruit flavours and subtle hints of tobacco and vanilla

a fresh backbone and a long generous finish

vanilla and nutmeg accents over a combo of tangy apple and juicy Bosc pear flavors

with polished tannins and surprisingly integrated oak after such a long élevage

Bertrand Graillot Domaine de l'Estang Sancerre, Loire, France 2020 Valais crisp and pleasantly tannic withDomaine de lEstangs Sancerre comes from two hectares worth of parcels, split between the flinty soils of Mntrol sous Sancerre and the clay limestone soils of Thauvenay, and planted between 2004 and 2012. With just 50 milligrams per liter of added sulfur, this is lively and expansive, bursting with tangy orchard fruit and overlaid with gentle floral elements. Like its Coteaux du Giennois counterpart, it is simultaneously rich and mineral driven,