About this WINE
Andre Dezat
One of the most respected of Loire estates, as well as a long-standing Berry Bros. & Rudd supplier, the Dezat family's 38 hectares covers 6 villages in Sancerre and 4 in Pouilly-Fumé incorporating the key soil types of 'terres blanches' (ancient active limestone), 'caillottes' (stony clay) and 'silex' (flint).
Simon and Louis Dezat represent the fourth generation, taking the domaine to new heights by making incremental changes to improve the wine more time is spent among the vines, fine-tuning the vine, while a sorting table has been recently adopted to select only the healthiest fruit.
Their ripe understated Sancerre delivers year-in, year-out, while the Domaine Thibault Pouilly-Fume is a model of precision and elegance.
Pinot Noir
Pinot Noir is probably the most frustrating, and at times infuriating, wine grape in the world. However when it is successful, it can produce some of the most sublime wines known to man. This thin-skinned grape which grows in small, tight bunches performs well on well-drained, deepish limestone based subsoils as are found on Burgundy's Côte d'Or.
Pinot Noir is more susceptible than other varieties to over cropping - concentration and varietal character disappear rapidly if yields are excessive and yields as little as 25hl/ha are the norm for some climats of the Côte d`Or.
Because of the thinness of the skins, Pinot Noir wines are lighter in colour, body and tannins. However the best wines have grip, complexity and an intensity of fruit seldom found in wine from other grapes. Young Pinot Noir can smell almost sweet, redolent with freshly crushed raspberries, cherries and redcurrants. When mature, the best wines develop a sensuous, silky mouth feel with the fruit flavours deepening and gamey "sous-bois" nuances emerging.
The best examples are still found in Burgundy, although Pinot Noir`s key role in Champagne should not be forgotten. It is grown throughout the world with notable success in the Carneros and Russian River Valley districts of California, and the Martinborough and Central Otago regions of New Zealand.
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Description
As ever, the Dezats have turned out a most accomplished Sancerre Rosé. The nose recalls the freshest, first punnets of strawberries! It's soft and smooth, yet with a crunchy, red fruited pulse. Charmingly pale in colour and character, in 2013 this wine has a very slight and refreshing character.
David Berry Green
A beautiful example of a Pinot Noir rose, with delightful aromas of fresh strawberries and peaches. The wine is smooth and silky, with just the slightest hint of creaminess in the mouth, balanced out by a refreshing kick of acidity, courtesy of the cooler summer. Serve chilled as an elegant aperitif, or with grilled fish.
Barbara Drew, Loire expert
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