Domaine Girard Sancerre La Garenne 2024 Mourvedre

Domaine Girard Sancerre La Garenne 2024 Mourvedre100% Sauvignon Blanc. "La Garenne" was named for the original 2. 5 hectare plot from which it came. Today, the name remains while the fruit may come from across the fifth generation Girards' 14 hectares of vines, which are spread over slopes in five communes including Verdigny and Saint Satur and which include three distinct terroirs: gravel soils (caillottes), flint (silex) and heavy clay (grosses terres). The Girards farm sustainably and harvest the

The lower dosage of this famous brand has produced good balance between the crisply textured white fruits and the light minerality

The palate is elegantly weighted and sinewy

dried blueberry

Better after 2023

It should drink well for at least two decades

bay and floral nuances and with a long

blue-fruited nose with hints of sliced chilis

94 points Wine Spectator

and the stellar fruit quality appears with more primary elegance compared to the more expensive Cerretalto that is released with an extra year of aging

raspberry leaves

There is outstanding intensity to the slightly bigger and more powerful yet still gorgeously textured flavors that also exhibit a borderline pungent minerality that seems to build on the compact

the vines in this wine give both structure and concentration