ale yellow colour with pale green highlights. A lovely complex nose of citrus fruits, flowers and minerality. The entry is fresh and clean, then well-structured, with both roundness and liveliness. An ample wine, a beautiful aromatic power. This wine fills your mouth. Lovely length. Ideal with goat cheese (dry and young), grilled fish, poultry.
Sancerre La Mercy Dieu is a blend of grapes grown on the three types of soil of the “Sancerrois”: Marly, Silex, Pebbly limestone. The grapes are hand-picked and sorted on a table in the vineyards, then transferred to the cellar with great care in order to preserve their integrity. The pneumatic pressing and cold settling lasting from 12 to 24 hours take place before the natural fermentation in thermo-regulated tanks. This vinification method gives the wine its typicity and respects the terroir.
DOMAINE BAILLY-REVERDY, Bué
The estate was created in 1956, when Bernard Bailly married Marie-Thérèse Reverdy. This alliance gave birth to the current name of Domaine BAILLY-REVERDY. Jean-François joined his father at the estate in 1979, followed by his second brother Franck in 1991.
Today, Frank Bailly and Jean-François' son Aurélien run this consistent, solid-performing 23-ha estate. The vineyards are located on the slopes of Sancerre, Bué and Chavignol. The blend of these three different terroirs (caillottes, terres blanches and silex) contribute greatly to the balance and consistency found in the wines produced by this remarkable estate. Hard work in the vineyard and light hand in the winery ensure that the wines are pure, and terroir driven.
I must say this is a serious wine, it’s slightly austere and extremely elegant from a famed producer. – Rick Stein