Domaine Delaporte Sancerre Les Monts Damnés 2023
£42.61 (Inc. VAT bot. 75 cl.) / North Ireland
Features
Type of wine
Pairings
Style
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Winery
Size
Appellation
Alcohol
13.0%
Grapes
Serving
Between 8ºC and 10ºC
Winemaking
Fermented and aged for 12 months in 600-litre barrels.
Description
In Chavignol, there is a hillside that you don't work, you conquer. Les Monts Damnés ("the damned mountains") is not so named on a whim, but because of the slope that forces the grapes to be harvested almost by hand and to accept that the vines are in charge here. At Domaine Delaporte, the decision to bottle this site was born of a courageous idea: if the terroir is great, you have to let it speak, even if it makes you uncomfortable. That is why this wine does not pursue the Sauvignon Blanc "perfume and applause", but the one that tells things of stone. It is 100% Sauvignon Blanc and comes from a plot with south/southeast exposure, settled on Kimmeridgian marls (clays with marine fossils) that imprint that calcareous tension so characteristic of Sancerre. The history of the site is also important: its establishment is attributed to Benedictine monks around the 10th century, and as early as the 11th century, lords were bidding to own a piece of this impossible slope.
Winemaking
At Domaine Delaporte Sancerre Les Monts Damnés, the grapes are harvested by hand and sorted into 12 kg crates to preserve integrity and freshness. The bunches enter whole, uncrushed, into hydraulic presses, with a slow, gentle pressing that seeks precision rather than extraction. The must ferments in 600 litre barrels and the wine remains there for around 12 months, gaining relief and texture without losing its mineral backbone. The big wood accompanies, not dominates: it is a whisper that refines the contours.
Taste
In Domaine Delaporte Sancerre Les Monts Damnés, the glass sparkles with a golden hue. The nose is intense and complex: first a balsamic waft-pine, wax, a menthol echo-and then layers of white flowers, ripe white fruit (pear, peach) and a firm citrus that keeps everything in line. The mouth comes in dry, taut and crisp; the acidity doesn't cut, it chisels. There is lemon zest, a very fine creamy texture (more of a meringue sensation than sweetness) and a background of noble spices with perfectly integrated wood. The finish stretches on for a long time, with a salinity that signs the origin and leaves the tongue clean, alert, asking for food and another glass.
Shipping to North Ireland
50% discount on orders over £351.75Estimated transit time: 4-5 working days.
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| 1-6 | £11.34 | £5.67 (-£5.67) |
| 7-12 | £15.39 | £7.69 (-£7.69) |
| 13-18 | £21.54 | £10.77 (-£10.77) |
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| 43-48 | £50.56 | £25.28 (-£25.28) |
| 49-54 | £57.12 | £28.56 (-£28.56) |
| 55-60 | £61.38 | £30.69 (-£30.69) |
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