Gerard Boulay Sancerre La Comtesse 2020 not on sale hints of raw cocoa and

hints of raw cocoa and rose petals

Brambly fruit on the nose draws you in before giving way to a moreish palate of raspberry

more raspberry than anything darker

Cabernet sauvignon and cabernet franc

A few months ago I tasted and enthused about a barrel sample of this wine and am pleased to report that it is as I remembered it

Gerard Boulay Sancerre La Comtesse 2020 not on sale hints of raw cocoa andThe current release is tightly packed with vivid citrus, herbal tones, fennel, ginger spice and iodine, all pulsating around an intense core of earth and stone. Powerful but not remotely heavy, the palate combines the texture of the Monts Damnes with the mineral backbone of the La Cote. Its a head turning Sancerre of rare intensity and presence, reverberating with the salty, mineral essence of its pocket sized limestone terroirs. So intense, tensile,