Domaine Delaporte Sancerre Silex Rouge, 2022

Focused & Terroir Driven Pinot Noir from Sancerre

• 100% Pinot Noir.

Cellaring: Now or aged for 3-5 years.

Food Pairing: Chicken, turkey, eggs poached in red wine sauce and mushrooms, farm cheeses.

BEHIND THE WINE

The vines average 30 years old, and are largely planted on clay and sandy-flint soils, with around 30% planted on limestone. Hand picked and manually sorted, once in the vineyard, and once on the sorting table at the winery. Pumping over is used, with sparing pigeage, to extract gently. Malolactic fermentation takes place half in 228 ltr barrels, and half in stainless steel, and the wine is bottled after 6 months on its lees. No filtration.