Sancerre Blanc Les Grands Champs 2022 – Domaine Fouassier

Sancerre Blanc Les Grands Champs  – Domaine Fouassier 

Domaine Fouassier's Sancerre Les Grands Champs is a citrusy and buttery white wine. With a wide, airy, taut and pure mouth, this version of Sancerre on calcareous soils is the sweetest and most delicate, supported by a great acidity. Soft pressing, static defecation and spontaneous fermentation in stainless steel containers. Aging in the same containers for 8-12 months on the fine lees.

Service

It is recommended to taste it at a temperature of 8/10 ° in a tulip glass. Wine to be drunk immediately but will express its best in a few years.

Pairings

Ideal to accompany fish appetizers, raw seafood, the famous terrines of Saint-Jacques. To try with oysters.

Cellar: Domaine Sébastien Fouassier

Located in the heart of Sancerre in the Loire, Domaine Fouassier, founded in 1742, currently in the hands of Benoît and Paul, has been handed down from father to son for ten generations. The Fouassier are in fact among the families with a longest winemaking tradition in the area. The production philosophy is based on absolute respect for the terroir, which is why the vineyards are cultivated according to the principles of organic and biodynamic agriculture: an agriculture that respects the soil, water, living beings and natural rhythms. The lunar calendar of Maria Thun therefore regulates the work both in the vineyard and in the cellar. To date, the vineyards extend over 60 hectares and the various parcels can be divided into three different types of different soils: limestone (Les Grands Champs, Les Grous, La Garenne, Sur le Fort), clayey-limestone (Clos Paradis, Les Chasseignes , Le Vallon), siliceous (Les Romains, Le Clos de Bannon, Les Chailloux); all soils where mainly Sauvignon Blanc & Pinot Noir are grown. The ancestor Jules Fouassier was among the first to use sulfur and copper, to intersperse acacia plants with the vines and to react to phylloxera by planting new vineyards. Working in symbiosis with nature for Benoît and Paul is the only way to sublimate the territory of Sancerre in order to offer lively and authentic wines, allowing each bottle to tell the story of the territory.