Loire Valley

The land is home to the origins of Sauvignon Blanc, Cabernet Franc, Chenin Blanc. Well over half of all Loire wines are white. they divide between wines to the East (Sancerre) and West (Muscadet)

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VINCENT THEBAUD

Master's degree in Agriculture Engineering and graduate from ESSEC Paris business school, Vincent joined the wine business 20 years ago. He worked for Moet-Hennessy group in France, Brazil and Canada before working with vineyards in Burgundy and Southwest of France. He is now based in Southwest of France.

DOMAINE delaunay

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PAUL CHERRIER

In the heart of the Brittany wines, in the commune of Loroux-Bottereau, the Delaunay family has been working the vines for generations.

The Domaine Delaunay forms a pretty 45-hectares wine-growing property combining the best grape varieties of the region on an exceptional terroir.

Their story is a succession of generations of cultivating vines (sauvignon Blanc and Pinot noir) from the finest most unique terroirs in the world. 13hectares vineyard.

Located to the west of the appellation, at the confluence of the Loire and the Vienne, it mainly produces red wines, Cabernet franc. Makes vigorous wines with raspberry fruitiness. in outstanding ripe yeras, the wine has the substance and structure , like a good red Bordeaux to mature for a decade. For its quality it is absurdly undervalued.

The aromatic white wines of Sancerrre are perhaps the easisest to recognize in France. On these limestone and clay hills, in a near continental climate, Sauvignon Blanccan make finer and more complex, wine than anywhere else in the world. But it does so too rarely. Named today the "New White Gold" for its rare production and high demand.

Lemon / Citrus, green apple. Long Finish

Their story is a succession of generations of cultivating vines (sauvignon Blanc and Pinot noir) from the finest most unique terroirs in the world. 13hectares vineyard.

Very faint melon and green apple on the nose. Medium + body. Cantaloupe, lemon and lime on the body. High acidity, long mineral finish.