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2010 Gerard Boulay Chavignol SancerreSauvignon Blanc from France

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  • 90+ John Gilman - View from the Cellar
  • 90 David Schildknecht - Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
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Ratings:

90+

"The 2010 regular bottling from Gerard Boulay is a lovely example of the vintage, and as is often true to this cuvee, it is tightly wound and will repay with a bit of cellaring. The deep, complex, and extremely mineral nose offers up scents of lemon, grapefruit, a touch of smokiness, gentle grassy tones, and kaleidoscopic minerality. On the palate the wine is medium-full, tight, and very long, with an excellent core of fruit bound up behind the girdle of acidity, excellent focus, and superb length and mineral drive on the backend. While certainly approachable now, the 2010 Sancerre from Gerard Boulay will be ever better with a year or two of bottle age. High class Chavignol! 2012-2020."

90 David Schildknecht - Robert Parker's Wine Advocate

"Boulay's regular cuvee of 2010 Sancerre opens with a Kimmeridgian aromatic announcement of oily, fusil, marine, and chicken stock, offering quite a vivid contrast with the corresponding 2011, which begins by proclaiming its Sauvignonism. Lemon and coriander figure here as well, leading to a bright, energetic, but texturally firm and athletically lean palate impression and a long, chalk- and oil-tinged finish. Those to whom a slightly austere side of Sancerre and an emphasis on mineral notes are especially desirable will enjoy this even more than my score suggests. I would plan on savoring it over the next 3-4 years."

Product Detail

Item # 66161
Country France
Region Loire
Sub-Region Sancerre
Ratings

90+ - John Gilman - View from the Cellar

90 - David Schildknecht - Robert Parker's Wine Advocate

Vintage 2010
Color White
ABV 12.5%
Varietal(s) Sauvignon Blanc
Size 750mL
Closure Cork
Features Organic
Taste grass, gooseberry, grapefruit, lime, melon, citrus, mineral and flint
Nose apple, pear, kiwi, citrus, stone, grapefruit and melon