Sancerre, Nuance
Vincent Pinard

Sancerre, Nuance


Destination

vintage


portfolio

Portfolio
These wines are in stock and are available for delivery at your convenience.


2019
75cl
DP
£27.20

2019
12x75cl
DP
£326.46

2020
75cl
DP
£27.20

2020
12x75cl
DP
£326.46

2021
12x75cl
DP
£326.46

2022
75cl
DP
£27.20

2022
12x75cl
DP
£326.46


Vincent Pinard, Sancerre, Nuance, 2019

2019

Justerini & Brooks Tasting note

Vincent Pinard, Sancerre, Nuance, 2019
Maturity:
Drink
ABV:
13%
89/100
Rebecca Gibb, Vinous

The 2019 Sancerre Nuance has a delicate, elegant style that caresses the palate with its tenderness and yet remains light and delicate, with lovely balance. Fermentation in large-format oak has left no woody impression, just a sense of roundness and harmony. The flavors are restrained and delicate, like the rest of wine, featuring gentle apple, the merest hint of nettle and a subtle note of lees-derived pastry. The finish is textured, fresh and good enough to eat.
Date Reviewed:
08/2021

specifications

country:
France

region:
Loire

Appellation:


style:

Grape Variety:

Allergen Information:
This product may contain sulphites. Full allergen information is available upon request, please call our Customer Relations Team on +44 (0)20 7484 6430.


Vincent Pinard

Vincent Pinard

Sauvignon Blanc is such a ubiquitous grape variety that it’s easy to forget that in the right hands it is capable of greatness. Two of its finest proponents are Clement and Florent Pinard, who have been producing the wines at their father’s eponymous domaine for almost two decades. The brothers leave no stone unturned in the pursuit of brilliance: green harvesting, hand-picking, sorting fastidiously, vinifying by vineyard, using selected and specifically cultured local yeasts and employing large oak barrels for elevage – many of them now from the illustrious Stockinger cooperage. The result is a range of wines, both Sauvignon Blanc and Pinot Noir, that are transparent to site, brimming with life, and surprisingly age-worthy. The domaine’s flagship Flores cuvee now sees partial fermentation in oak, bringing another layer of complexity to its crisp and snappy profile. Above this sit the two cuvees Nuance and Harmonie, each raised in demi-muid, each offering more texture and breadth than the Flores bottling. At the top of the range sit the tiny single vineyard bottlings, produced from some of Bué’s finest terroirs. Petit and Grand Chemarin, on Kimmeridgean Marl and limestone soils, offer fizzing line and powerful breadth respectivel while the white Oxfordian limestone soils of Chene Marchand, one of the region’s most iconic vineyards, represents the perfect combination of the two; a wine of depth and complexity that often requires some years to truly blossom. Generous and worldly gourmands, their own winemaking excellence is undoubtedly guided by their experiences with iconic wines from across Europe. The fact that so many of their wines sit in other great cellars, swapped bottle for bottle, is proof of the respect with which their wines are held by their peers. These are stellar Sancerres indeed.

discover Vincent Pinard