Didier Raimbault 'Vieilles Vignes' Sancerre 2018 Gifts

Didier Raimbault 'Vieilles Vignes' Sancerre 2018 GiftsSauvignon Blanc from the Central Loire in its most famous appellation, Sancerre. Here from the old vine plot of Didier Raimbault. Temperature controlled fermentation, stainless steel tanks, filtered, fined. Green clean stuff, a textbook version of Sancerre.

forgotten story of this ancient wine (white wine made like a red wine) and its modern struggle to gain acceptance

After some searching

a drink that evokes early America’s agrarian past and

Bertolli provides reflections

and the drinks we're familiar with today began to take form

refreshing quality: black cherry but in its lightest iteration

raisins and root beer among the many flavors that play with the palate

It's Merlot that was planted by her father on very calcareous soils

Iruai's 'Mineral Range' channels the rocky acidity from the cool climate of the Shasta-Trinity wilderness

and it was frequently considered too rustic: people often made it into forgettable rosés

but coming from the sunshine-drenched

delicate dry martinis: a vast improvement over the standard dry vermouths from most liquor stores