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Best sancerre wine 20189/4/2023 ![]() ![]() Third parties use cookies for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalised ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. This includes using first- and third-party cookies, which store or access standard device information such as a unique identifier. If you agree, we’ll also use cookies to complement your shopping experience across the Amazon stores as described in our Cookie Notice. We also use these cookies to understand how customers use our services (for example, by measuring site visits) so we can make improvements. But for an all-round example of the best of Sancerre that still offers great value for money, the Domaine Thierry Merlin Cherrier ‘chêne marchand’ 2019 is our best buy for 2023.We use cookies and similar tools that are necessary to enable you to make purchases, to enhance your shopping experiences and to provide our services, as detailed in our Cookie Notice. The whites, of course, are justly celebrated and here there are bottles for everyday drinking, such as Morrisons The Best sancerre and the M&S Collection les ruettes, or special occasions, such as the Domaine Claude Riffault ‘les chailloux’.īut there is variety here that goes beyond the whites: do not neglect sancerre reds, which are terrific, elegant, lighter bottles for spring and summer drinking, while the rosés are the perfect summer quaffer. However, pay slightly more and you will be amply rewarded with wines that are genuine expressions of the character of a region and its soils. The wines of Sancerre exude quality and class, so, as with some other wine regions, do not expect to pick up a great bottle for less than £10. So, as spring blossoms around us, here is our pick of the best sancerre wines for 2023. The whites and rosés need serious chilling, while the reds also benefit from an hour in the fridge door, particularly if you are drinking them with fish. The rosés are ideal with prawns, crab and fish soups as well as salads and Asian dishes. The reds work well with duck, vegetable dishes and goat’s cheese, while they can also be drunk with some robust fish dishes, particularly tuna. ![]() While these prestigious whites dominate production, there is also a small amount of excellent red and rosé wines (made from the pinot noir grape) – some of which make their way to these shores, and are well worth seeking out. This all tends to keep prices above average but also indicates wines that are reliably good quality. It is also an area full of long-established, thoughtful and often small producers, with high-quality thresholds. The sancerre name bears a sure sign of quality: the wine only comes from the officially designated region – similar to chablis or champagne, and lies in the Loire Valley of France – and is only made from the sauvignon blanc grape, which thrives on the stony limestone and clay soils of the area. Sancerre works well with the lighter foods of the season, such as grilled fish and shellfish, particularly oysters, lightly spiced Asian dishes but also all those spring and summer vegetables, especially glorious English asparagus, which is now in season. Crisp, mineral, refreshing, sometimes zesty, sometimes a bit richer but mostly not oaked and ideally drunk young, they are an ideal choice for spring – whether a chilled glass for the first sunny days in the garden or on the dinner table. For many, the white wines of Sancerre offer the perfect bottle for this time of year. ![]()
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