2025 Domaine Gueneau "Les Griottes" Sancerre, Loire Valley, France

2025 Domaine Gueneau "Les Griottes" Sancerre, Loire Valley, France

Fresh, focused, and delightfully aromatic, the 2024 "Les Griottes" from Domaine Gueneau delivers classic Sancerre character with a graceful lift. Bursting with notes of gooseberry, white peach, lime zest, and crushed limestone, it shows precise varietal purity and a vibrant mineral backbone. The palate is crisp and saline, yet rounded by subtle fruit ripeness, leading to a lingering, stony finish that hums with tension.

$41.99
$41.99

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ABOUT THIS WINE

"Les Griottes" is drawn from a single vineyard site just outside the village of Sury-en-Vaux, where clay-limestone soils (terres blanches) provide the foundation for this vivid Sauvignon Blanc. The winemaking is traditional and focused on purity: it undergoes temperature-controlled stainless steel fermentation, avoiding oak influence to retain its crispness. Following fermentation, the wine rests on its fine lees for roughly 8 months to add texture before being bottled. 

The combination of the chalky caillottes terroir and cool stainless steel handling yields a vibrant, aromatic white wine defined by citrus, green apple, and white peach, balanced by a sharp, flinty minerality.

ABOUT THIS PRODUCER

Domaine Gueneau is a family-owned estate located in the heart of the Sancerre appellation, now led by the talented and detail-driven Luc Gueneau. The domaine emphasizes sustainable farming and precision winemaking, cultivating about 16 hectares of vines on classic Sancerre terroirs—kimmeridgian marl, caillottes, and silex. With a deep respect for tradition and a keen eye for site expression, Gueneau crafts wines that are both vibrant and elegant. Their approach highlights purity, freshness, and balance, positioning the estate as a standout among small, quality-driven Sancerre producers.

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Grape(s) Sauvignon Blanc
Farming Sustainable