Julien and Clement Raimbault’s flagship cuvée Les Chasseignes is arguably the most complete and classic Sancerre in their range wine. Expressive in youth with alluring lemon and ripe grapefruit to the fore, there is no doubting the mineral subtext in the wine from its supremely chalky Portlandian limestone origins. Low intervention winemaking with gentle pressing, indigenous yeasts, very minimal sulphites (which they create and share with the Pinards) and a long, patient elevage in large 20hl foudres this wine achieves exquisite balance and length. Le Chasseignes will continue to improve over the next 5 or 6 years and is sufficiently structured to match white meats and with any fish dish you choose to create. A wine worth learning to cook for!
