Sancerre Rosé, La Villaudière, Jean-Marie Reverdy & Fils 2025
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Why this wine
Sancerre rosé is a fraction of the appellation's output and rarely leaves France, which makes a good one worth seeking out. The Reverdy family make theirs by direct pressing from twenty-year-old Pinot Noir on Verdigny's caillottes limestone, so it keeps the cut and chalkiness of the white without losing the red fruit. It is the rosé to put on the table when Provence feels too soft.
At a glance
- Grape
- Pinot Noir
- Region
- Loire Valley, France
- Alcohol
- 12.50%
- Body
- Medium
- Acidity
- High
- Sweetness
- Dry
- Drink
- Drink now (1-3 yrs)
- Pairs with
- Seafood, Poultry & Pork, Cheese
How it tastes
Salmon pink, with a forward bouquet of strawberry, cherry and redcurrant edged with spice. Dry and fresh on the palate, smooth rather than sharp, with the floral and fruit aromas running right through to a light, long finish. Pinot Noir 100%.
The producer
Jean-Marie Reverdy works alongside his sons Guillaume and Baptiste, the latest of several generations of growers based in the village of Verdigny, on slopes looking across to the Sancerre hill. The vines here are around twenty years old and planted with an easterly exposure so that ripening is slow and gradual, thinned in July to keep them healthy through the growing cycle, with 80% of the fruit grown on the limestone terroir known locally as caillottes; the vineyard is certified HVE Level 3 for its environmental management. The wine was made entirely by direct pressing, settled for twelve to twenty-four hours, then fermented with selected yeasts in stainless steel at 15-20°C, racked off its first lees and bottled early in the year to preserve freshness and bright acidity.
Food and drinking
Serve at 8-10°C. It works with grilled salmon, charcuterie, a warm goat's cheese salad or roast chicken. Drink over the next one to three years; no decanting needed. Sealed with a DIAM cork. Suitable for vegetarians and vegans.