Henri Bourgeois - Sancerre Etienne Henri 2018 (750ml) Eden Valley

Henri Bourgeois - Sancerre Etienne Henri 2018 (750ml) Eden ValleyAbout 35 years ago, Etienne (Henri) Bourgeois became the first Sancerre winemaker in recorded history to make and bottle a Sancerre raised entirely in new French oak. Today, the family has tweaked the formula, using a mixture of new, one year, and two year old wood to tame the intensely ripe fruit from a flinty vineyard in Saint Satur. They dont make much (about 700 cases) and its so tempting already that youll be hard pressed not to drink every

” at the first sip

Agnes and Patrick are run the estate together

who founded the winery

This medium-body blend starts with oak

Located on the southern end of the Rutherford Bench

with smaller steel vats allowing for greater parcel selection

The finish is long and juicy

and the rest Malbec

it picks up a Graves-like gravelly earth character with air and is full-bodied

and in recent years they’ve added more state-of-the-art sorting tables and hoppers which allow them to select grape by grape the different qualities that they’re looking for

Fresh acidity

structure and elegance