Domaine Vincent Pinard Sancerre "Charlouise" red 2022

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Sancerre rouge Charlouise 2022 by Vincent Pinard

RVF Guide to the Best Wines of France 2025 (August 2024): 93/100. A touch of finesse characterizes Charlouise, a well-structured, elegant cuvée that will find its harmony in the coming years.

Technical sheet for this cuvée written by the domaine:

Grape variety: Pinot noir
Lieu-dit: Terroirs de Bué
Area: Approximately 1.5 ha
Soil: Clay-Limestone
Subsoil: Limestone
Age of vines: Average 50 years
Planting density: 7000 vines/ha

VITICULTURE

Vine management: Guyot pruning

Cultivation: No herbicides, grassed vines, and soil work under the vine

Treatment strategy: Organic approach (no insecticides, acaricides, or anti-rot treatments, etc.)

Yields: 30 hl/ha

Bud thinning, green harvesting, manual harvesting with an initial sorting of the grapes

VINIFICATION

Sorting table: 100% destemming

Maceration in a conical wooden vat.

Fermentation, maceration, and aging: Indigenous yeasts, cold pre-fermentation, gentle punching down and pumping over.

Aging: 2/3 in new barrels and one-year-old barrels and 1/3 in wooden vat.

Racking 11 to 18 months depending on tasting.