2022 Domaine Eric Louis Sauvignon Blanc, Vin de France

ABOUT THIS PRODUCER

Eric Louis, winemaker in Sancerre, has been rooted in the south-east of the Sancerre appellation for 4 generations. The Estate was founded in 1860 by our ancestor Pauline. The great-grandmother Pauline gave her name to the Estate «Les Celliers de la Pauline» and also to an uncommon cuvée in Sancerre aged in acacia barrels.

Eric’s parents, Ginette and Leon, gradually moved away from multi-crop farming and specialized into winegrowing in the 1980s. They will leave their mark by raising the reputation of the appellation.

Our vineyard spreads over 35 hectars and across a mosaic of around 60 plots on Thauvenay, Ménétréol sous Sancerre and Vinon villages. Our vines are located at the edge of the Loire river and are planted on slopes from the geological fault of Thauvenay. We cultivate Sauvignon Blanc and Pinot Noir on a outstanding flint, limestone and clay-limestone terroir.

This diversity of soils gives the wines different aromatic profiles. Several types of terroir share the Sancerre, Pouilly-Fumé, Menetou-Salon appellations.

The “Terres Blanches” or Kimmeridgian marls form rich, full-bodied wines of a beautiful complexity with a great aging potential.

The “Caillottes” produce fairly fine wines, fruity and expressive from their youth.

The clay-siliceous soils display more biting wines mixed with spicy and flinty aromas.

This geological heritage leaves us with multiple combinations: producing a wine from a single terroir for its typicity or the search for the perfect blend to produce wines of great complexity.

Our vineyard in Sancerre, grazing the Loire, benefits from a unique microclimate.