Saint-Bris, Clotilde Davenne - 2022

Name: Saint-Bris, Clotilde Davenne
Brand: Davenne
SKU: 20932
Price: 23.99 USD
Availability: OutOfStock

Item # 20932 750mL

Clotilde Davenne was the head oenologist at Domaine Jean-Marc Brocard before she started her own 8-hectare estate. Her Sauvignon is a lean style, green, herbal and full of fossilized shellfish minerality. Drink this with oysters and tangy, fresh goat cheese.

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Color

White

Vintage

2022

Country

France

Region

Burgundy

Producer

Davenne

Grape Variety

Sauvignon Blanc

Production Methods

Organic

Practicing Organic

Wine made from grapes grown without synthetic pesticides, fertilizers and herbicides in the vineyard.

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Staff Pick Notes

The appellation of Saint-Bris is remarkable for several reasons. Most notably, it is the only region within Burgundy to allow wine made from Sauvignon Blanc instead of Chardonnay. Located not far from Chablis, Saint-Bris also shares the same Jurassic-era soil, a type of limestone-rich clay called Kimmerigian, which provides this wine's refreshing acidity and minerality. In addition to these signature traits, look for refreshing white flower, peach, apricot and fresh cut herbs in the bouquet of this lovely example from Davenne. This is a knockout French Sauvignon Blanc in my book. The next time you are contemplating a Sancerre, why not grab a Saint-Bris instead?

- DY

Glossary

Burgundy

The range of wine styles offered in Burgundy rivals that of any other region. In Chablis, Chardonnay is left unoaked to produce lean, crisp, steely wines with incredible acidity - a far cry from the vanilla-oak bombs that so many consumers associate with this grape. Fans of rich, unctuous, and well-oaked Chardonnay will enjoy Chassagne-Montrachet, whose age-worthy offerings offer all the fatness of a California wine, yet retain a very Burgundian, mineral-driven core and great acidity....

Sauvignon Blanc

Few varietals have spawned as bizarre a list of descriptors as Sauvignon Blanc. Believe it or not, “cat pee” is in fact a complimentary tasting note, associated with some of the best bottlings. (It’s a somewhat odd way of pointing out herbaceousness in the wine.) Cat pee aside, Sauvignon Blanc (sometimes called "Fumé Blanc" in California) is a bit of a chameleon in terms of style, and quite utterly at the whim of the winemaker. Some are fermented in barrel, others in stainless steel. Some...