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Wines

A curated starting set of important cuvées, connected to their grower, place, soil family and vintage record.

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A documentary lineup of Sancerre bottles
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Generic white, rosé and red Sancerre bottles in a limestone cellar setting
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Les Romains

A useful reference for the domaine's flint-focused, parcel-led work.

A generic, unbranded bottle and glass of red Sancerre in a limestone setting
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Belle Dame

Included to foreground serious Pinot Noir within the appellation.

Sancerre vineyard slopes as landscape context for La Moussière
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La Moussière

The central reference point in the house's Sancerre range.

Generic white, rosé and red Sancerre bottles in a limestone cellar setting
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Edmond

A cellar-minded expression that shows the estate's more concentrated register.

Weathered limestone as geological context for a named Chavignol site
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Les Monts Damnés

One producer's reading of Chavignol's celebrated steep slope.

Autumn vineyard landscape in Sancerrois
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La Grande Côte

A Chavignol site reference often followed across bottle age.

A vineyard shelter among Sancerre vines
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Clos de Beaujeu

A compact case study in Chavignol slope and marl expression.

Stony vineyard rows in Sancerre
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Chêne Marchand

A Bué limestone-site bottling suited to comparative tasting.

Limestone texture as broad terroir context
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Les Boucauds

A marl-oriented cuvée within a range designed for site comparison.

Generic white, rosé and red Sancerre bottles in a limestone cellar setting
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Jadis

A more concentrated point in the family's broad Sancerre range.

Vineyards rolling across the Sancerre hills
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Le Chêne Marchand

Another producer lens on a notable Bué limestone site.

Flint texture as broad terroir context
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Les Romains

Part of the domaine's broad lieu-dit exploration of Sancerre.

Sancerre vineyard rows in autumn
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Les Monts Damnés

A direct way to compare another interpretation of this Chavignol slope.

Dark fractured flint as broad terroir context
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Silex

A clear entry in the estate's soil-focused range.

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