Domaine Daniel Chotard Sancerre 2024 JULY42024 Rich and fruity

Rich and fruity

Enjoy it the old-school way (a few drops on a sugar cube)

From roughly 170 acres at Loreto Aprutino the Valentini family bottles only about five percent of the crop under its own name and sells the rest off anonymously

The Mother is a pétillant natural cider made from a blend of wild and cultivated apples gathered across six months

A limited edition bottling celebrating the partnership between Bollinger and 007

Domaine Daniel Chotard Sancerre 2024 JULY42024 Rich and fruityDaniel Chotard was a teacher and a musician, and a distinctly reluctant heir to his family's vines in Crezancy en Sancerre, until the work got hold of him and he passed the obsession on to his son Simon, who runs the place today. Simon farms sustainably and feeds the vines with organic compost, but the decision that really defines this wine is when he picks: consistently later than his neighbors. That later harvest, plus time on the lees, gives a