Domaine Lucien Crochet Sancerre Cuvee Prestige

Variety: Sauvignon Blanc – hand-picked and unpeeled grapes, from 60-year-old vines Color: pale yellow with golden reflections Bouquet: strong and tasty aroma, of very ripe grapes, peach and pear Taste: an extraordinary gastronomic wine, fresh, full-bodied, but fine, with very beautiful sugar and acidity balanced and final on notes of pepper Culinary combinations: seafood, Whitefish, lobster, prawns, delicate soups, goat cheese Serving temperature : 9-10 ° C Optimal period of consumption: 10 years Fermented 30 days in temperaturecontrolled stainless steel tanks (70%) and new oak barrels (30%). bottle after 12 months of maturation. Since 1989, only organic fertilizers have been used at Crochet. The level of the domain remained the same even after Lucien handed over the bar to his son Gilles. The hills of Chêne Marchand in the commune of Bué, where the Crochet family has a wonderful plot of five hectares, give some WhiteSancerre of extraordinary finesse (wait two years), while La Croix du Roy gives Pinot Noir a taste of a nobility unique in Sancerre.