Winemaker Notes
Brilliant, bright, with light golden glints with aromas of grapefruit, white flower, citrus, and passion fruit. Crispy attack, aromatic. Well balanced between strength and freshness.
Drink as an aperitif or with sea food, fish terrine, and goat cheese.
Professional Ratings
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Wilfred Wong of Wine.com
The 2024 Domaine Vieux Vauvert Touraine displays a translucent straw-green hue and opens with fragrant aromas of dried herbs, fresh grass, and hints of a verdant forest floor. On the palate, it is lively and expressive, offering herbal and subtly pungent flavors that reflect its Loire Valley origins. An excellent choice with a classic Loire seafood dish such as pike quenelles or river fish in beurre blanc, where the wine’s freshness and herbal character shine alongside the region’s delicate cuisine. (Tasted: October 10, 2025, San Francisco, CA)
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.
Stretching east along the steep banks of the Loire River, Touraine is a major part of the Middle Loire. Soil variations of clay, sand, tuffeau and gravel throughout its subregions support both white and red varieties. Chinon and Bourgueil remain the source of Loire’s finest Cabernet Franc; various styles of the most outstanding Chenin blanc come from Vouvray and Montlouis.