2021 Domaine Matthias et Emile Roblin "Origine" Sancerre, Loire Valley, France

ABOUT THIS WINE

This classic bottling stays on its lees until January or February after the harvest and is bottled roundabout May after a light fining and filtration. Some 80+% of the vines for this wine grow in Kimmeridgian; the remainder in Portlandian limestone (which has less clay than Kimmeridgian but more than Oxfordian). This type of soil is the same that grows in Chablis and the most southern part of Champagne. This gives that famous "chalky" minerality that we love.

ABOUT THIS PRODUCER

Matthias and Emile’s vines grow on the hillsides of Maimbray and Sury-en-Vaux in the northern sector of Sancerre. This zone is known for its terres blanches, a.k.a., Kimmeridgian Marls—white soils made of clay and marl and stones on top of Kimmeridgian limestone, and make for pointed, powerful wines that need a couple of years in bottle to show best (and indeed have the potential to age surprisingly well, but almost never are permitted to do so). The brothers have 16 hectares (nearly 40 acres) in Sauvignon Blanc and 3 (just over seven acres) in Pinot Noir.