2023 Domaine Vacheron Sancerre Belle Dame Rouge, Loire, France Mac Forbes Mouthwatering aromas of strawberry cream

Mouthwatering aromas of strawberry cream on the nose

Region: MoselVineyard: Wehlener SonneuhrSoil: Stony

Classic vertical press

easy-drinking red

thought of to be the original natural co-ferment

2023 Domaine Vacheron Sancerre Belle Dame Rouge, Loire, France Mac Forbes Mouthwatering aromas of strawberry creamMost people, when tasting the Belle Dame, a cuve of 50 year old vines of Pinot Noir grown on pure flint soils, compare it to Burgundy. It understandable and unfortunate at the same time as this is a terror quite distinct from anything in Burgundy further north and on hard flinty soils. Before phylloxera, Sancerre was renown as Pinot Noir country, and justly so. Sadly, there are few producers, like Vacheron, who care enough to prove just how amazing