{"product_id":"cepage-sauvignon","title":"Cépage Sauvignon blanc","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"float: left; font-family: 'Apple Chancery','Lucida Handwriting','Segoe Script',cursive; ; font-size: 2.8em; line-height: 1; padding-right: 8px;\"\u003eC\u003c\/span\u003eontrary to what one might think today, the \u003cstrong\u003eCentre-Loire\u003c\/strong\u003e has not always been a sanctuary for Sauvignon Blanc. For centuries, under the influence of the Duchy of Burgundy, the hillsides of Sancerre were planted primarily with Pinot Noir and Gamay. Everything changed at the end of the 19th century with \u003cstrong\u003ephylloxera\u003c\/strong\u003e: everything had to be replanted, and \u003cstrong\u003eSauvignon Blanc\u003c\/strong\u003e, which was easier to graft onto American rootstocks resistant to the aphid, gradually became the dominant variety. A delicious anecdote: it was \u003cstrong\u003eQuincy\u003c\/strong\u003e, not Sancerre, that hit the jackpot in 1936, becoming the very first AOC in the Loire Valley, just a few months before its famous neighbor.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eQuincy, moreover, lays claim to a \u003cstrong\u003etwo-thousand-year-old vineyard\u003c\/strong\u003e and prides itself on being the true cradle of Sauvignon in the region, introduced according to legend by the Cistercian monks of \u003cstrong\u003eBeauvoir Abbey\u003c\/strong\u003e. On its sandy and gravelly soils, which are very different from the limestone of Sancerre, the grape variety bursts with freshness and fruit—citrus, white fruits, and exotic notes—far from the mineral austerity sometimes too quickly associated with Sauvignon.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eJust nearby, \u003cstrong\u003eReuilly\u003c\/strong\u003e cultivates an equally singular identity on a mosaic of red sand, gravel, and clay-limestone: its whites, which are more lively and tense, play the card of gooseberry and citrus. \u003cstrong\u003eMenetou-Salon\u003c\/strong\u003e, recognized in \u003cstrong\u003e1959\u003c\/strong\u003e, owes its character to limestone soils riddled with oyster fossils and \u003cstrong\u003eKimmeridgian marl\u003c\/strong\u003e, yielding supple and immediately charming wines that emphasize fruit over rock.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eBut if one terroir had to be crowned, it would inevitably be \u003cstrong\u003eSancerre\u003c\/strong\u003e. There, the geological fault that exposed layers of the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods creates a mosaic all its own: the \u003cstrong\u003elimestone \"caillottes\"\u003c\/strong\u003e produce precise and balanced wines, the \u003cstrong\u003eKimmeridgian \"terres blanches\"\u003c\/strong\u003e offer a refined roundness, and the \u003cstrong\u003eflint\u003c\/strong\u003e provides that famous smoky note that has made its legend even in export markets. It is perhaps this unique capacity to condense, on a single hillside, all the diversity that its neighbors each display in their own way, that ultimately established Sancerre as the global benchmark for Loire Sauvignon.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"float: left; font-family: 'Apple Chancery','Lucida Handwriting','Segoe Script',cursive; ; font-size: 2.8em; line-height: 1; padding-right: 8px;\"\u003eF\u003c\/span\u003erom theory to the glass: here are six cuvées chosen directly from the winemakers to taste Sauvignon Blanc in all its nobility: \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pépites de Loire","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52637786276181,"sku":null,"price":106.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/pepitesdeloire.com\/en\/products\/cepage-sauvignon","provider":"Pépites de Loire","version":"1.0","type":"link"}