2015 Reuilly “Les Pierres Plates”
Domaine de Reuilly
★ $20.00
I usually time my annual visit to the Loire Valley to coincide with spring, which happens to be white asparagus season in the central Loire. Few things marry better with the tender white shoots served with well-mastered mousseline sauce than Denis Jamain’s rosé-hued Pinot Gris and his Reuilly Sauvignon Blanc. His Pierres Plates bottling is from his best Sauvignon Blanc vineyard, named after all the “flat” fossil-encrusted limestone rocks in its soil—soil he has worked organically for many years. Reuilly is located about halfway between Cheverny and Sancerre along the route des Sauvignons de la Loire as you head east, near the ancient city of Bourges. If you are looking for classic French Sauvignon Blanc at excellent value, look no further! An intriguing onion-skin quality to this bottling rounds out all of its angles of acidity and makes it an even better food companion. –Dixon Brooke
TECHNICAL INFORMATION
- Vintage 2015
- Bottle Size 750mL
- Blend Sauvignon Blanc
- Appellation Reuilly
- Country France
- Region Loire
- Vineyard 23 years average, 11 ha
- Soil Clay, Kimmeridgian Limestone
- Winemaker Denis Jamain
- Farming Organic, Biodynamic
- Alcohol 12.5%
