Sauvignon Blanc, Domaine Cherrier

crisp | citrusy | flinty

Bright, nervy, and unapologetically Sancerre. Think grapefruit peel, lime zest, and just-picked green apple wrapped around that classic Loire snap. The herbal edge leans more lemon verbena than grassy, and the finish drops a clean line of flinty minerality like it’s mic-dropping the point: this is the Sauvignon Blanc everyone else is chasing. Pure stainless steel from start to finish. A short rest on the fine lees gives the wine a subtle sheen, like a crisp white shirt that somehow never wrinkles. 

2022 gave Sancerre a little extra sunshine, which shows up as fuller flavor and slightly rounder fruit — but don’t worry, the electricity is still very much live. Basically: ripe without getting soft, energetic without being sour.

The Cherrier family has been farming Sancerre long enough to know that the soils do the talking, not them. Their vineyards sit on two of the region’s heavy hitters — limestone [caillottes] and flint [silex] — which is why this wine hits that perfect balance of citrus zip and mineral grip, and that famous 'flint' smell people rave about in Sancerre. If you smacked two vineyard rocks together, you’d get sparks.