Sancerre, Côte de l'Épée, Renaissance Fleuriet Frères 2024
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Why this wine
A second Sancerre grower with a different touch — the same limestone, more texture and weight. Worth having beside another producer's to see how much the hand matters.
At a glance
- Grape
- Sauvignon Blanc
- Region
- Loire Valley, France
- Alcohol
- 13.00%
- Body
- Medium
- Acidity
- High
- Sweetness
- Dry
- Drink
- Medium (5-10 yrs)
- Pairs with
- Cheese, Seafood, Salads
How it tastes
Flint, candied lemon and pineapple with blackcurrant bud, almond and a light smoky note. Classy and chiselled on the palate, fresh and long — a gastronomic Sancerre with more texture than most. 100% Sauvignon Blanc.
The producer
The Fleuriet family have lived in Sancerre since the Revolution — cattle, then goat's cheese, then grain — and planted their first vines in 1991. Renaissance was born in 2014 when brothers Benoît and Matthieu Fleuriet stepped in to help their friend Stéphane Marchand, who could no longer keep up his 7 hectares on some of Sancerre's finest slopes; they replanted and converted to certified organic farming, with biodynamic certification in progress, and the name marks that revival. Côte de l'Épée is a single south-facing vineyard at 250 metres, vines averaging 50 years old at 8,000–10,000 per hectare on Terres Blanches over limestone, worked by hand and picked by hand at 40–45 hl/ha. The grapes are pressed slowly, fermented with indigenous yeasts in steel at 18–23°C under nitrogen, then refined 10–15 months on fine lees in terracotta amphorae in a gravity-fed winery.
Food and drinking
Good with goat's cheese, grilled river fish, asparagus and roast chicken. Drinking well now and will develop for three to five years. No need to decant; serve at 10–12°C. Suitable for vegetarians and vegans.