2022 Vincent Gaudry, Sancerre Rouge, Les Vignes de Chavignol Producer_R. Lopez de Heredia with its history tracing back

with its history tracing back to 1725

has pioneered innovation in Italian distillation since 1897

The nose bursts with exotic and stone fruits (mirabelle plum

While much of the Langhe built its reputation on Barolo and Barbaresco

greater lift and elegance

2022 Vincent Gaudry, Sancerre Rouge, Les Vignes de Chavignol Producer_R. Lopez de Heredia with its history tracing backOne of the regions earliest adopters of biodynamics, Vincent Gaudry's wines are precise and concentrated, and I find some similarities to Claude Riffault (both are based in Sury en Vaux). Gaudry has access to some great terroirs, many on Kimmeridgian marl. The rouge comes from Chavignol. The vineyards belong to Anne Vatan, who has given Gaudry use as thanks for his work helping to farm Clos Neore. Gaudry uses a particularly desirable clone of Pinot