Touraine, J. de Villebois 2024
Wine Enthusiast 89; Decanter World Wine Awards 95 points, Gold (2026)
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Why this wine
Touraine Sauvignon does what Sancerre does a few miles upriver, with the same flinty clay under the vines. Six months on fine lees gives this one a texture the cheap versions never find, and the Cher valley flint puts a mineral spine under the citrus.
At a glance
- Grape
- Sauvignon Blanc
- Region
- Loire Valley, France
- Alcohol
- 12.50%
- Body
- Medium
- Acidity
- High
- Sweetness
- Dry
- Drink
- Short (3-5 yrs)
- Pairs with
- Seafood, Salads, Cheese
How it tastes
Ripe citrus leads — grapefruit and lemon — over a mineral, flinty palate with a crunchy texture behind it. Medium in weight and fully dry, with high acidity and a long, aromatic finish. Sauvignon Blanc 100%.
The producer
J. de Villebois is the venture of Joost and Miguela de Willebois, descendants of an old French family settled in the Netherlands since the nineteenth century, where the V became a W. They moved to Touraine in 1996, drawn there by Loire Sauvignon Blanc, and work a mosaic of plots at the heart of the Loire Valley: the sandy clays of the Sologne plateau, which stay cool and hold water through a hot summer, and the flinty clays of the Cher valley that give the wine its mineral edge. Patrice Merceron, winemaker and agricultural engineer, joined in 2014. The grapes were given a twelve-hour skin maceration and pressed gently in a pneumatic press, fermented with selected yeasts in temperature-controlled stainless steel over seven to fifteen days, then held a minimum of six months on fine lees for volume and texture before bottling in the spring after the harvest.
Food and drinking
Serve at 8–10°C. Good with goat's cheese, grilled prawns, asparagus and smoked salmon. Drink over the next three to five years; no decanting needed. Sealed under technical cork. Suitable for vegetarians and vegans.