Henri Bourgeois - Le MD De Bourgeois 2010 | Monsieur Touton Selection

Food matches

Fish, white meats, cheeses... Why not veal escalope stuffed with Dublin Bay prawns and marjoram? For cheese, munster would be a fine choice.

Tasting notes

Concentrated and well-balanced, this wine offers an authentic and fleshy Sauvignon Blanc, showing an ageing with a surprising subtlety. The delicate tropical fruit aromas (a proof of ripe Sauvignon grapes) and clean mineral and fruity palate testify to Le MD's pedigree as an exceptional wine from one of the finest slopes in the Sancerre appellation. Served at 10-12°C, this very concentrated wine expresses its strong personality. With three to five years of bottle-aging, the wine gains roundness, richness and complexity.

Description

"Le MD de Bourgeois" comes from a very steep south and south-west facing slope in Chavignol composed of Kimmeridgian marl (a soil made up of fossilized seashells and clay). Since the 11th century, noblemen would outbid one another just to possess a small parcel.

Vinification

During the harvest, only the very ripest grapes are hand-picked and carefully transported to the cellar where they are gently pressed to release their aromas.

France Loire Valley Sancerre