{"product_id":"lucien-crochet-sancerre-white-2024","title":"Lucien Crochet, Sancerre White 2024","description":"\u003cp\u003e100% Sauvignon Blanc from several plots around the village of Bue. The terroir is made of shallow, well-drained soil on top of Oxfordian \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003elimestone, locally known as \"caillottes\".\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe entire bunches of grapes are fed into pneumatic presses. Cold settling fermentation of musts in temperature-controlled vats for about 30 days and 10% in oak barrels of 600 litres. Matured on the lees for 10 months before bottling.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePale yellow color with aromas of white fruit, peach, pear and wet pebble. This dry white wine has a beautiful tension and expression of Sancerre calcareous terroir, mineral with intense aromas of white fruit. Nice balance between tension and roundness. A perfect wine for aperitif, seafood and warm goat cheese salad.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSon and grand-son of winemakers, Lucien Crochet decided to leave Sancerre in 1978 to pursue his university studies in oenology in Dijon (Burgundy). After, several extremely enriching experiences, especially during a formative training at Domaine Dujac in Morey-Saint-Denis, where he discovered another approach to Pinot Noir, he returned to the family estate in Bue in 1983.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLucien Crochet vineyards cover a surface area of 35 hectares, 26 of which are planted with Sauvignon Blanc, and 9 hectares with Pinot Noir forthereds and ros. Most of the vines are in Bue, one of the most reputed village for Sancerre, as well asplots in the adjacent communes of Sancerre, Crezancy and Vinon.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lucien Crochet","offers":[{"title":"Lucien Crochet, Sancerre White 2023","offer_id":47612101984489,"sku":"LES-FR-NEW-LUCICROC-2024","price":55.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0604\/7626\/0585\/files\/3a4b591068b44d519271304e648cea15.png?v=1722410234","url":"https:\/\/www.enjoymowine.com\/products\/lucien-crochet-sancerre-white-2024","provider":"MOWINE","version":"1.0","type":"link"}