Sancerre

Located in the upper Loire valley, the wine district of Sancerre surrounds the hilltop town of the same name, perched at some 300ft above the river. The area is underlain by Jurassic limestones - the same ones that underlie Chablis and Champagne. The region’s chalky soils provide a perfect base for the district’s Sauvignon Blanc and Pinot Noir grapes (used for both red and rose Sancerre).

The district is also famed for its small goat cheese “buttons” (crottins de chavignol) and for its superb white asparagus.

raymond morin sancerre

The Landreau family’s origins date back some 450 years to the small village of Le Landreau, near Nantes at the mouth of the Loire. By the mid 1600’s, they had relocated to the Charentes area, and today are major growers of the Ugni Blanc grape used in the Charentes Maritime to product Cognac.

The family has never forgotten its Loire Valley roots though, and makes several wines from fruit sourced up and down the Loire, both from estates they own and from negociant relationships, including Domaine Landreau Morin Cremant de Loire and Raymond Morin Sancerre.

The wine

We work with their Raymond Morin Sancerre, 100% Sauvignon Blanc from steep slopes of chalk studded with flint nodules. The wine is bright and crisp with notes of lime zest, lemon peel and a bit of green apple. Great Sancerre and a perfect foil to the region’s goat cheesses!