2024 Ladoucette Comte Lafond Sancerre Blanc

The Ladoucette Comte Lafond Sancerre Blanc is a delight and embodies everything you expect from a Sancerre! With a beautiful light golden color, this wine is complex, rich, vibrant, and elegant. The aroma reveals citrus, summer fruit, honey notes, and blossom. The palate is fruity, with exotic fruit in delicate harmony with almond and pear. The finish is mineral and long, with notes of very ripe lemon.

Comte Lafond is the ancestor of Baron Patrick de Ladoucette and was the first to purchase vineyards in the Loire in the 18th century. Comte Lafond had enormous ambitions for wine expansion and was originally from Burgundy, but soon acquired vineyards in Sancerre. Baron Patrick de Ladoucette continued this passion and development.

The vines are 25 to 35 years old, and the subsoil consists of a combination of clay, limestone, and silica. From harvest to vinification, no machinery, not even pumps, is used. The estate is designed for gravity flow. Each plot is vinified separately. After fermentation in stainless steel tanks, the wine rests on the lees for 3 to 6 months. The wine is deliberately not aged in oak to preserve its pure and natural character.