Vincent Pinard Sancerre Nuance 2024 NO20231108 and woodruff & geranium kvass

and woodruff & geranium kvass that blends a series of short fermentations to achieve its fresh

The grapes

Viognier and Sauvignon Blanc that's bright in color

and aged 24 months on lees in barrel before another five months in tank

Vincent Pinard Sancerre Nuance 2024 NO20231108 and woodruff & geranium kvassBu is Sancerre's quality hot spot, and the Pinards the twentieth generation of their family to work vines in the village make its briskest wines. As vintages warm and much of Sancerre softens, these whites stay racy and crystalline: organic farming, hand harvesting, yields kept low for the appellation. Nuance draws on two well regarded Bu parcels, Chteau and Petit Chemarin, on the pebbly Oxfordian limestone locals call caillottes; roughly two thirds