Sauvion Sancerre 2010

  • 91 Tasting
    Panel
  • 90 Wine
    Spectator
Sold Out - was $26.99
OFFER Take $20 off your order of $100+
Ships Fri, Apr 5
You purchased this 10/29/23
0
Limit Reached
You purchased this 10/29/23
Alert me about new vintages and availability
Sauvion Sancerre 2010  Front Bottle Shot
Sauvion Sancerre 2010  Front Bottle Shot Sauvion Sancerre 2010 Front Label

Product Details


Varietal

Region

Producer

Vintage
2010

Size
750ML

ABV
12.5%

Your Rating

0.0 Not For Me NaN/NaN/N

Somm Note

Winemaker Notes

Pale yellow with silver highlights. Expressive with floral and fruity notes (exotic fruits), slightly vegetal. Fresh, round and full-bodied; the finish is very fruity with an underlying vegetal edge.

Ideal with crayfish, lobster, prawns and goat cheese

Professional Ratings

  • 91
    Bright, crisp and racy with gorgeous citrus, peach and purity; silky and clean, long and balanced.
  • 90
    Juicy, with a core of kiwifruit, lime and green apple notes offset by the bracing, flint-edged finish. There's solid length and cut. Drink now through 2012. 3,000 cases imported.

Other Vintages

2016
  • 92 Wine
    Spectator
2015
  • 91 Wine
    Spectator
2012
  • 89 Wine
    Spectator
2011
  • 90 Wine
    Spectator
2009
  • 90 Wine
    Spectator
Sauvion

Sauvion

View all products
Sauvion, France
Sauvion Château du Cléray Winery Image
One of the best-known Muscadet producers, Sauvion has long been established in the Loire Valley. Jean-Ernest (often referred to as the "Wizard of the Loire") and Yves Sauvion have carefully put together a range of delicious and diversified wines that have set the tone for much of the Loire Valley.

Chateau du Cléray-Sauvion, located in the heart of the Nantes region, is one of the oldest estates of the Muscadet Sèvre et Maine region and serves as the home to the Sauvion family. It is also one of the few Muscadet-producing Chateaux.

Image for Sauvignon Blanc content section
View all products

Capable of a vast array of styles, Sauvignon Blanc is a crisp, refreshing variety that equally reflects both terroir and varietal character. Though it can vary depending on where it is grown, a couple of commonalities always exist—namely, zesty acidity and intense aromatics. This variety is of French provenance. Somm Secret—Along with Cabernet Franc, Sauvignon Blanc is a proud parent of Cabernet Sauvignon. That green bell pepper aroma that all three varieties share is no coincidence—it comes from a high concentration of pyrazines (herbaceous aromatic compounds) inherent to each member of the family.

Image for Sancerre Wine Loire, France content section

Sancerre Wine

Loire, France

View all products

Marked by its charming hilltop village in the easternmost territory of the Loire, Sancerre is famous for its racy, vivacious, citrus-dominant Sauvignon blanc. Its enormous popularity in 1970s French bistros led to its success as the go-to restaurant white around the globe in the 1980s.

While the region claims a continental climate, noted for short, hot summers and long, cold winters, variations in topography—rolling hills and steep slopes from about 600 to 1,300 feet in elevation—with great soil variations, contribute the variations in character in Sancerre Sauvignon blancs.

In the western part of the appellation, clay and limestone soils with Kimmeridgean marne, especially in Chavignol, produce powerful wines. Moving closer to the actual town of Sancerre, soils are gravel and limestone, producing especially delicate wines. Flint (silex) soils close to the village produce particularly perfumed and age-worthy wines.

About ten percent of the wines claiming the Sancerre appellation name are fresh and light red wines made from Pinot noir and to a lesser extent, rosés. While not typically exported in large amounts, they are well-made and attract a loyal French following.

SWS311402_2010 Item# 114971

Internet Explorer is no longer supported.
Please use a different browser like Edge, Chrome or Firefox to enjoy all that Wine.com has to offer.

It's easy to make the switch.
Enjoy better browsing and increased security.

Yes, Update Now

Search for ""