Henri Bourgeois - Sancerre d'Antan
94 points - The Wine Advocate
92 points - The Wine Advocate

Henri Bourgeois - Sancerre d'Antan
94 points - The Wine Advocate
92 points - The Wine Advocate
Regular price€46.25
€46.25
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Bourgeois's Sancerre Blanc d'Antan is from a vineyard first planted in 1936 on predominantly flinty soils. The nose is intense, fresh and pure in all its flintiness and dried herbal aromas. This is a really pure and mineral Sancerre, or life from stone (to quote a well-known South African Sauvignon). On the palate, this is a pure, fresh and saline, quite firm and grippy Sancerre with little astringent tannins but lots of purity and tension.
From silex soils, the low-yielding 2016 Sancerre d'Antan offers a clear, fresh, deep, quite complex and mineral nose with flint notes and discreet white fruit and cassis aromas. Fermented and aged on the fine lees in old oak barrels, this is a dense, powerful, well-structured and persistent yet elegant and balanced Sancerre that was bottled without fining or filtration. It is very complex and intense on the powerful aftertaste. Still a baby, this old-fashioned as well as modern Sancerre will benefit from bottle aging. It has good grip, tension and fine tannins. A real personality.
The 2020 Sancerre Blanc d'Antan Terroir de Silex is crafted from vines planted in 1936 on flinty soils. Matured for one year on lees and two years in bottle before being released, it exhales a deep, complex bouquet despite a touch of sulfur, with aromas of ripe orchard fruits, herbs, exotic fruits, spices and smoke. Medium to full-bodied, round and fleshy with a deep core of fruit, it concludes with an elegant, nicely phenolic finish. Ripe without excess, it’s approachable now but is also built to evolve gracefully.
Type: |
White |
Country: |
France |
Region: |
Loire |
Appellation: |
Sancerre |
Producer: |
Henri Bourgeois |
Grapes/Blend: |
Sauvignon Blanc |
Serving temp: |
8° - 10° C |
ABV: |
14% |
Pairing Sugesstions: |
Shellfish, Goat Cheese, Green Vegetables, Sushi and Sashimi, Fresh Herbs and Aromatic Dishes, Citrus-Based Dishes, Lobster, Fish, Poultry, Gruyere |
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