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Vincent Pinard Sancerre Nuance 2024

$4699

Bué is Sancerre's quality hot-spot, and the Pinards — the twentieth generation of their family to work vines in the village — make its briskest wines. As vintages warm and much of Sancerre softens, these whites stay racy and crystalline: organic farming, hand harvesting, yields kept low for the appellation. Nuance draws on two well-regarded Bué parcels, Château and Petit Chemarin, on the pebbly Oxfordian limestone locals call caillottes; roughly two-thirds ferments in tank and a third in year-old barrels, which builds texture without leaving oak flavor in the glass. 2024 was a punishing season across the Centre-Loire, with June and July rainfall running about two and a half times normal, relentless mildew pressure and tiny yields, and the wines that came through it are lean, high-acid and classic. Drink this one over the next couple of years.

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Antonio Galloni

90 points

"The 2024 Nuance was made from 40- to 45-year-old vines, mostly from Griottes. It aged in wooden tank. This is a step up from Flores and Créots. Bright, with lemon barley candy and floral notes, it is medium-bodied, finely textured and almost delicate, maintaining a nice sense of padding that provides comfort and roundness. The 2024 is balanced and ripe on the finish with fine structure holding the mouth and providing line." —Rebecca Gibb, MW

More about Vincent Pinard

Bué is one of Sancerre’s quality hot-spots. Like Chavignol or Ménétréol, it is home to many venerated vineyards and quite a few exceptional producers. In this newsletter we have two: Lucien Crochet (whose rosé is a few stories down) and Vincent Pinard, arguably Bué’s best winemakers.

Bué is known for its gentle hills of oxfordian limestone, aka ‘caillotes’, and its elegant, perfumed wines, which are both sophisticated and approachable. Pinard veers from the script slightly, though, aiming for brisker, sharpened expressions of the region’s terroir. His racy, crystalline whites seem impervious to Europe's ever-warming vintages.

Preserving the zip that We've come to expect from Sancerre is something we really appreciate, though it must be a challenge. Pinard however, has the chops and resumé, coming from generations of Sancerrois winemakers dating back to the 1600s.

He’s also somewhat of a fanatic, well-known for being meticulous in the vineyard and cellar. He farms organically and harvests by hand, selecting the best fruit. Yields are low for the region.

While Pinard does produce a few single-vineyard wines, he also makes some remarkably good ‘blends.’ They are far from generic, and qualify as some of the best in the entire Sancerre region.

Wine Details

  • Grape Variety

    Sauvignon Blanc

  • Vintage

    2024

  • Size

    750ml

  • Farming Practice

    Organic

  • Style

    Earthy , Minerally

  • Sweetness

    Dry

  • Body

    Light Bodied

Flatiron's Take

From the Importer

Tasting Notes & Food Pairings

Perfect Pairings

Oysters, Crottin de Chavignol and other goat cheeses, sole meunière, ceviche, or asparagus with lemon.

Tasting Profile

Grapefruit, lemon confit and white flowers over a flinty, crushed-rock note. Light bodied and dry with very high acidity and a saline, mouthwatering finish.

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