Boulay Gérard Sancerre Chavignol

Gerard manually works the soil. All fruit is hand-harvested. Natural yeast fermentation in tank. Aged 8 months on lees in about 95% tank, 5% large used wood. Of the 9ha owned by Gerard Boulay, 8 of the hectares are on the slopes of Chavignol on Kimmeridgian or "terre blanche" soils (actually similar to the soils in Chablis). The wines produced on "terre blanche" are some of the most distinctive and soil-inflected Sauvignon Blancs produced in the Loire, with a delineation and minerality often reminiscent of a top Chablis.