Domaine Vincent Pinard Sancerre "Vendanges Entieres" red 2023 (3 bottles)

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Domaine Vincent Pinard Sancerre "Whole-Cluster" red 2023:

RVF Guide to the Best Wines of France 2026 (Sept. 2025): 93/100. One of the beautiful recent vintages, Whole-Cluster shines brilliantly, revealing a density that is rarely found in the vintage: a superb expression that is both velvety and full of relief.

Technical sheet for this cuvée written by the domaine :

Grape variety: Pinot noir

Lieu-dit: La Pèlerine
Area: 35 ares

Soil: Clay-Limestone
Subsoil: Limestone

Age of the vines: 35 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 agents…)

Yields: 25 hl/ha

Bud thinning, green harvesting, manual harvesting with a first sorting of the grapes

VINIFICATION

Sorting table: Very rigorous selection; Uncrushed harvest.

Cold maceration in a conical wooden vat.

Fermentation, maceration, and aging: Indigenous yeasts, gentle pump-overs.

Aging: 4 oak barrels for this vintage, no new barrels.

Racking after 18 months in barrels. No use of pumps.
Bottling without fining or filtration.