2012 SANCERRE Cul de Beaujeu Rouge Chavignol Domaine Vincent Delaporte, Lea & Sandeman

SANCERRE

2012 Cul de Beaujeu Rouge Chavignol Domaine Vincent Delaporte

Grapes Pinot Noir
Colour Red
Origin France, Loire
Sub-district Sancerre
Village Chavignol
ABV 13%

Matthieu Delaporte has made the finest red Sancerre I've ever tried: superb black cherry fruit, lifted acidity and fine tannins. (Steven recommends, Decanter). Drinking range: 2015 - 2022 Rating: 95 Steven Spurrier (Oct 2015)


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According to Delaporte, this is the only example of a red Cul de Beaujeu – the vines are higher up at the top of the slope where there is more iron in the soil, at about 250 m. A little darker than his Chavignol Sancerre rouge 2013 and more spicy on the nose. Oak is restrained and harmonious. Packed with fruit and still elegant, with a definite spice and tannic kick on the finish. Deliciously juicy finish. One of the best red Sancerres I have tasted in a long time and better than many red burgundies at this price. Rating: 17.5 Julia Harding MW, www.JancisRobinson.com (Sept 2015)

Dark red with purple highlights, it expresses toasted bread, cocoa and coffee scents and delicate aromas of tapenade, blueberries, black cherries and pastry. Good body with silky tannins giving a velvety feeling in the mouth. The palate offers the aromas and texture of a blueberry tart but also crème brulée and whisky notes. Long finish with overtones of crunchy red fruits. To be served at 16° Celsius, the Cul de Beaujeu Rouge marries perfectly with red meats, game and matured cheeses. It will reach its aromatic height within five years, though can certainly be laid down for five to ten years. Winemaker's notes (Sept 2014)

Domaine Vincent Delaporte

Patrick and I first visited Vincent Delaporte in 1986, a memorable end to a long day, we finished by tasting older and older red and white Sancerres. His wines were in Steven Spurrier's selection for the Caves de la Madeleine, where I had worked several years earlier, and the London end of which Patrick was running at the time. They have featured in the Lea & Sandeman selection since our very first list. The domaine passed to Vincent's son Jean-Yves and his wife Nathalie, and now their son Matthieu is in charge, after a 'stage' at L&S in the summer of 2012, and taken over the winemaking role. They have recently incorporated the vines of Matthieu's uncle, giving them two new jewels in the crown, decent holdings in the Monts Damnés (white) and Cul de Beaujeu (red).

Matthieu has taken the domaine in the direction of organic farming, although he still hesitates over going for certification. He has stopped buying new barrels, and stopped using cultured yeasts, sometimes allowing malolactic fermentation to occur. Levels of sulphur are kept to the barest minimum.

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