Miscellaneous Loire Reds
François CROCHET
2013 Sancerre
he crop in Sancerre was quite small, and as a result, this wine is denser and more concentrated than usual. The wine, from Pinot Noir, is full-bodied with dark cherry and raspberry fruit and smooth tannins. Stylistically, it is somewhere between a good New World Pinot and a Côte d’Or wine. It drinks well now and shouldn’t have trouble aging at least a decade. 12.5% stated alcohol. 88/B+ (Continue reading here.)
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