Gitton Père & Fils "Les Belles Dames" 2023 Sancerre Blanc

750ml bottle

15% abv

Full-bodied, with rounded acidity and full ripeness, this exudes exuberant notes of tropical citrus, pear skin, kiwi, lime, and crushed rock. About as full and complex as Sauvignon Blanc gets.

Produced from a small 4.8 hectare vineyard on flint soils (silex). The grapes were hand harvested, followed by pressing in a pneumatic/bladder press and cold settling of the juice prior to fermentation. The wine proceed with fermentation spontaneously using native yeasts and is rested for 6 months in a combination of stainless steel tanks and large (600l) French oak barriques.

The Gittons are champions of Sauvignon Blanc planted on silex (shale) soils. The family crafts powerful wines made from ripe grapes aged in older barrels that age beautifully.

Their Les Belles Dames bottling, their largest parcel, is planted in pure silex. These tough, hard-to-plow soils yield wines with intensity, concentration, and wonderful mineral expression. Aged for 12 months in 600 liter neutral barrels, it is exotic, full-bodied, and absolutely delicious.