Straight out of the bottle, the color of Domaine du Nozay's 2021 Sancerre suggests that this is not a conventional cuvée. Certified as organic and biodynamic, followed up with minimal intervention in the winery, it has a golden appearance. It displays a rich, lightly oxidative nose of baked apples, honey and an atypical but intriguing herbal character akin to fennel. Full and silky in the mouth, there's an appealing phenolic hug on the finish. This is an attractive wine, but for those looking for classic Sancerre for quaffing on a summer's day, this is not it. (Rebecca Gibb MW, Vinous, July 2023)
Straight out of the bottle, the color of Domaine du Nozay's 2021 Sancerre suggests that this is not a conventional cuvée. Certified as organic and biodynamic, followed up with minimal intervention in the winery, it has a golden appearance. It displays a rich, lightly oxidative nose of baked apples, honey and an atypical but intriguing herbal character akin to fennel. Full and silky in the mouth, there's an appealing phenolic hug on the finish. This is an attractive wine, but for those looking for classic Sancerre for quaffing on a summer's day, this is not it. (Rebecca Gibb MW, Vinous, July 2023)
Jul 27th, 2023
Sancerre, Central Vineyards, Loire Valley, France
