Sancerre Prestige, Domaine Sylvain Bailly

Domaine Sylvain Bailly

Pale gold colour that is clear and bright. On the nose the wine has powerful mineral notes, with white flowers, peach and a touch of vanilla. On tasting it is rounded and unctuous, with honeyed notes, herbs and citrus as well as intense minerality.

Drink with Lobster or fish in a buttery sauce or Foie-gras.

This wine is produced in only excellent vintages and drawn from parcels with the oldest vines (50+ years old) on the steepest, chalkiest hillsides around the village of Bué. The upper hillside wine is then blended with a small amount of old vine juice from the lower lying, clay and limestone vineyards. The former provides minerality, grace and high-toned expression of the Sauvignon grape. The latter provides richness and body to complete this extraordinary bottling. The wine is aged on its fine lees for over a year in stainless steel vats (95%) and one oak barrel (5%) before bottling after the harvest of the subsequent vintage. It is released a year after bottling which adds complexity and roundness as well as bringing up the fresh fruit aromas.