The Vacherons without question are Sancerre’s leading winemaking

clan. From the family’s pioneering work in identifying and exploring the

region’s top terroirs to their leading position in biodynamic viticulture,

there are few if any artisans today in Sancerre as exacting or as respected.

The estate’s peerless older vines, planted and cultivated by generations

of family members, are cared for fastidiously. Yet it is the their single-

vineyard wines—terroir-based selections recalling the painstaking work

of Burgundian monks in the Côte d’Or—that have shown the world the

heights and complexity that Sancerre can reach.

WINERY: Domaine Vacheron

WINEMAKERS: Jean-Laurent and Jean-Dominique Vacheron (cousins)

ESTABLISHED: 1900

REGION: FRANCE • Loire Valley • Sancerre

APPELLATION: Sancerre AOC

BLEND: 100% Pinot Noir

VINEYARDS: A peerless collection of hillside vineyards around the town of

Sancerre, with a mix of chalk and flint (silex) soils.

AGE OF VINES: 30 to 50 years

WINEMAKING: Hand-harvested. Fermented on indigenous yeasts and aged

in a combination of foudre and older French barrique. Bottled unfined and

unfiltered.

TASTING IMPRESSIONS: Aromas of red berries with hints of orange zest.

Peppery spice blends with ripe raspberry and pomegranate flavors.

PAIRING SUGGESTIONS: Grilled chicken; French charcuterie