2024 Famille Natter Sancerre Les Terres Blanches 750ML

2024 Famille Natter Sancerre Les Terres Blanches 750ML

2024 Famille Natter Sancerre Les Terres Blanches 750ML The scent of this Sancerre is simply enchanting. The aromas are reminiscent of flowers, cassis and citrus fruits, the wine is straight as a line, but always balanced and supple. The long-lasting finale is full of the aroma of the Sauvignon Blanc grapes, harvested in the ideal state of ripeness.

Henry and enologist Cecile Natter started their domaine in 1974 from scratch, beginning with a family hectare in Montigny. The Natter family domaine was the first on this side of the modern appellation of Sancerre and remains the only winemaking domaine in Montigny, a terroir noted for its preponderance of terres blanches, or Kimmeridgian Marls. (Kimmeridgian is found on the hilltops curving around the western edge of the appellation; Caillottes, or Oxfordian limestone, is found in the center of the appellation; and flint or silex is found along the fault line running north-south through the town of Sancerre itself.) This soil gives great power to the wines, and a remarkable ability to age without oxidation. Stored properly, a top twenty-year-old Natter Sancerre retains astonishing freshness while evolving down to its elemental, mineral base.