2020 Domaine de L'écu "Ensemble" Melon de Bourgogne, Loire Valley, FranceABOUT THIS WINE Made from 100% Melon de Bourgogne and aged 10 months on the lees, Ensemble opens with citrus, smoke, and white flowers on the nose and is classically flinty and dry, with green apple and lemon zest, seaside brine and saline, finishing with mouth watering acidity. ABOUT THIS PRODUCER Among the prestigious domaines of the Loire, Domaine de lEcu stands apart. Not just a historic property, its a pioneering force whose adoption of natural

The entire estate is only Alain

ideal for celebrations

alluvial soils containing clay

Reiterpfad is located at the foot of the Haardt in Ruppertsberg

and acidic

The Domaine Gueneau “Les Terres Blanches” Sancerre comes from 25-year-old Sauvignon Blanc vines rooted mainly in the chalky clay-limestone slopes (terres blanches) of Sury-en-Vaux and Chavignol

open to contamination with the worlds of creativity

the wine was transferred to four-and-a-half-year-old American oak barrels (made in-house)

but successive generations made small acquisitions in Savigny-lès-Beaune

The vine roots work hard to push deep into the rock

pêche de vigne and Reine Claude yellow plum intermixed with notes of quince

This family estate was founded in 1952 by Roger Sabon