Domaine Henri Bourgeois : Les Ruchons 2016

From a 1.03-hectare plot on silex soils above Saint-Satur, the 2016 Sancerre Les Ruchons offers an intense, elegant and complex bouquet, beautifully flinty and lemon-scented, with serious substance and finesse. Full-bodied, silky and vibrant, with power, density and excellent length, this is a pure, tight, tension-driven and highly persistent Sancerre of class and style. It has 14% alcohol that does not dull your taste buds, along with lively yet fine acidity and salinity. Tasted in February 2021.