Description

This brilliant 2022 Domaine de Saint-Pierre from Pierre Prieur, may be the most extraordinary of all our recent Sancerre offerings. It’s certainly the most pedigreed: coming from the two best vineyards in all of Sancerre – Monts Damnes and Chene Marchand, as well as the lesser known but almost equally prestigious Cous de Brault.

This also combines the very best examples of Sancerre’s three soil types: “Terres Blanches”, a soft, chalky-clay soil, unique in the Sancerre area producing full-bodied rich wines; “Caillottes”, a pebbly-chalk soil yielding fine and fruity wines; and “Silex”, a flinty soil producing wines of great verve and openness.

Plus the vine growing and winemaking here are unusually serious for a Sancerre anywhere near this price.

On several generations of enthusiasts, the family history Prieur is written in the prestigious terroirs of the Sancerre region, such as les Monts Damnés, les Coinches, les Bouffants à Chavignol, le Chêne Marchand à Bué, les Perriers à Verdigny …
Today Bruno and Thierry Prieur manage the Domaine Pierre Prieur and son of 17 12 hectares are planted with sauvignon and the rest in pinot noir.