2022 Sancerre 'Les Poitevinnes', Domaine Serge Laloue

Pale straw with silver glints, this single-vineyard Sancerre hums with quiet intensity. The nose is pure and lifted with lime zest, gooseberry, and white peach layered with notes of wet stone and flint. On the palate, it’s vivid and precise, the fruit shimmering over a spine of chalky minerality. There’s texture too with a touch of creaminess from lees ageing that rounds the wine’s racy edge before it resolves into a long, saline finish that feels like sea air and citrus peel. Elegant, energetic, and unmistakably Sancerre.

For when: the playlist is mellow, the food is simple, and the wine does the talking.
Pairs with: goat cheese, oysters, or grilled asparagus with lemon butter.
If this wine were weather, it’d be clear skies after a summer storm.

Domaine Serge Laloue is a family-run estate based in Thauvenay, just south of the village of Sancerre, where the rolling hills and patchwork of soils define the appellation’s character. Founded in the 1960s by Serge Laloue and now run by his children, Christine and Franck, the domaine farms sustainably across 20 hectares of limestone, clay, and flint soils, crafting precise, terroir-driven expressions of Sauvignon Blanc.

The ‘Les Poitevinnes’ vineyard, rooted in silex (flint) and limestone-rich soils, produces wines with a distinctive tension, combining ripe fruit generosity with an electric mineral edge. The 2022 vintage captures that balance beautifully: bright, textural, and mineral-driven, a benchmark Sancerre that delivers both purity and depth in every glass.