Sancerre Rose, Domaine Bernard Reverdy 2021 Sub-region_Graves Principally Nebbiolo blended with Vespolina

Principally Nebbiolo blended with Vespolina and Croatina (the latter more common in Lombardy)

with its 10 hectares of vines in Saint-Veran beneath the imposing limestone escarpment of Solutre

and bears little resemblance to typical mass-market Rioja: this is intense

the latter also the owner of renowned Chateau Angelus in Saint Emilion

Sancerre Rose, Domaine Bernard Reverdy 2021 Sub-region_Graves Principally Nebbiolo blended with VespolinaThis domaine in Verdigny has long produced some of Sancerre's best rose wines, so it's no surprise that the Reverdys are cousins of the Dezat family who also make wonderful wines in the same village. It's now run by Romain Reverdy, who uses the press juice of Pinot Noir grapes grown on clay chalk 'Terre Blanche' soils to make a delicately scented and expressive wine full of ripe berry fruit, dry and crisp but with surprising depth and richness. Pinot