Domaine Delaporte Sancerre Le Cul de Beaujeu 2022
37.26₣ (Inc. VAT bot. 75 cl.) / Spain
Last 5 bottles. Immediate shipment
Features
Type of wine
Pairings
Style
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Winery
Size
Appellation
Alcohol
13.0%
Grapes
Serving
Between 14ºC and 16ºC
Winemaking
Malolactic fermentation and ageing for 12 months in 228-litre oak barrels. Bottled unfined and unfiltered.
Description
In Sancerre, where almost everyone looks to white, Domaine Delaporte decided to make an intimate statement: to bring Pinot Noir to a historically "sacred" place. Domaine Delaporte Sancerre Le Cul de Beaujeu was born from an old toponym - a hillside cleared in the early Middle Ages by monks, whose wine, before phylloxera, was reserved for services in the cathedral of Bourges or offered to princes and archbishops. Instead of solemnity, here there is courage: Delaporte is the only domaine to bottle "Cul de Beaujeu" in Pinot Noir. The character is dictated by the soil: Kimmeridgian marl, marine sediment that imprints chalky minerality, tension and a fine chalky edge. Chavignol adds the cool climate of the Haute Loire: slow ripening, restrained aromas and elegance without fuss.
Winemaking
The grapes are hand-picked into small crates, seeking integrity and freshness: at Domaine Delaporte Sancerre Le Cul de Beaujeu every gesture is aimed at tension and definition, not volume. After destemming, the grapes are worked with precision: long maceration (approx. 25 days), controlled temperatures (18-25 °C) and gentle daily cap work to extract without hardening. Fermentation is based on the purity of the fruit and malolactic fermentation takes place in the barrel, refining the feel. Aged for 12 months in 228 L barrels, with 25% new oak and the rest in 1-3 wine casks: wood as a fine line, not as a dominant perfume. No fining or filtration before bottling to preserve texture and depth.
Taste
In Domaine Delaporte Sancerre Le Cul de Beaujeu, the nose opens with a toasty register (cocoa, coffee, toast) and then black cherry and blueberry, with a saline tapenade-like wink and a fine pastry reminiscent of burnt cream. The palate is more serious than lush: silky tannin, medium body with a pulse of fresh acidity, dark fruit, soft spice and a long finish that returns to crisp red fruit to cleanse and beg for food. A precision Sancerre Rouge: more terroir than make-up, more nerve than volume, and always that signature mineral elegance.
Shipping to Peninsular Spain
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| Bottles | Price | Over 186.74₣ |
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| 1-6 | 6.44₣ | 0.00₣ (-6.44₣) |
| 7-12 | 6.44₣ | 0.00₣ (-6.44₣) |
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| 18 | Free | 0.00₣ (Free) |
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| 24 | Free | 0.00₣ (Free) |
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| 30 | Free | 0.00₣ (Free) |
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| 36 | Free | 0.00₣ (Free) |
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| 42 | Free | 0.00₣ (Free) |
| 43-47 | 26.98₣ | 0.00₣ (-26.98₣) |
| 48 | Free | 0.00₣ (Free) |
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| 54 | Free | 0.00₣ (Free) |
| 55-59 | 33.52₣ | 0.00₣ (-33.52₣) |
| 60 | Free | 0.00₣ (Free) |
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