Gerard Boulay, Sancerre Chavignol, 2025
Magical terroir in Chavignol, with powerful and persuasive expressions. The Boulay family has farmed the slopes above this storied Sancerre hamlet since 1380, and Gérard Boulay's roughly eight hectares of Kimmeridgian "terre blanche" (of his nine-hectare estate) — the same fossil-laden marl that defines Chablis — give his Sauvignon Blanc a chalky, energetic minerality that sets it apart from most of the appellation. Farmed organically since 1990, fermented with native yeasts and bottled with very little SO2, the 2025 Sancerre Chavignol is racy and tightly wound: bright citrus, melon and pink grapefruit lifted by herbaceous snap and a flick of white pepper. The mid-palate is precise rather than showy, the finish stony and long. A textbook Chavignol from one of its most quietly serious growers.
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Magical terroir in Chavignol, with powerful and persuasive expressions. The Boulay family has farmed the slopes above this storied Sancerre hamlet since 1380, and Gérard Boulay's roughly eight hectares of Kimmeridgian "terre blanche" (of his nine-hectare estate) — the same fossil-laden marl that defines Chablis — give his Sauvignon Blanc a chalky, energetic minerality that sets it apart from most of the appellation. Farmed organically since 1990, fermented with native yeasts and bottled with very little SO2, the 2025 Sancerre Chavignol is racy and tightly wound: bright citrus, melon and pink grapefruit lifted by herbaceous snap and a flick of white pepper. The mid-palate is precise rather than showy, the finish stony and long. A textbook Chavignol from one of its most quietly serious growers.
