"Cuvée Marnes et Caillottes"

Named after the stony, calcareous soils in which it is grown (caillottes), this is a classic Sancerre from a classic Loire Valley producer. Jean Max Roger comes from a historic lineage of winemakers that dates back to the 17th century. The terroir spans stony calcareous clay to more  clayey calcareous clay soil and then to siliceous clay soil (more blue stone).  Since the 70s Jean-Max has been making wine from over 4 hectares of vines his parents left him and has gone on to expanded his estat...Read More...

Named after the stony, calcareous soils in which it is grown (caillottes), this is a classic Sancerre from a classic Loire Valley producer. Jean Max Roger comes from a historic lineage of winemakers that dates back to the 17th century. The terroir spans stony calcareous clay to more  clayey calcareous clay soil and then to siliceous clay soil (more blue stone). 

Since the 70s Jean-Max has been making wine from over 4 hectares of vines his parents left him and has gone on to expanded his estate and bring on board his two sons. Its fruity freshness sees lemon and grapefruit at the front of this well structured wine with a good balance of acidity. Nice length offering fresh fruit flavour make this a perfect wine for food. 13.5% abv.

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