Domaine Laporte : Le Rochoy 2024

Characteristics and tasting advice for Rochoy 2024 from Domaine Laporte

Tasting

Appearance
The appearance reveals a pale yellow hue with silver highlights.

Nose
White flowers as well as yellow-fleshed fruit and small candied fruits characterize this expressive, generous nose.

Palate
The palate is lively, balanced, and supported by savory smoky notes stemming from the flint-rich terroir.

Food and wine pairings

This cuvée pairs beautifully with noble fish or shellfish, such as lobster en papillote with three citrus fruits, or a carpaccio of scallops.

Serving

For optimal tasting, serve between 11 and 12°C

A generous Loire white wine with great precision

The estate

Founded in 1850, Domaine Laporte has seen two great passionate Sancerre families succeed one another on its land, the Laporte family and the Bourgeois family, who brought it renown. In 1986, the Famille Bourgeois acquired the estate and has since helped to elevate each vintage with ancestral know-how. On the estate’s land, the grapes receive meticulous care. Certified organic since the 2013 vintage, Domaine Laporte practices parcel-based vinification, offering a wide range of Loire wines recognized on the finest tables in France and abroad for their outstanding quality.

The vineyard

Rochoy is a Sancerre wine crafted from a hillside vineyard whose singularity lies in the significant presence of flint in the soils.

Winemaking and aging

Following manual harvesting, the grapes undergo a slow pressing. Natural settling precedes fermentation with indigenous yeasts for around 15 days, thus preserving the aromatic purity and minerality of the berries. Only the finest juices are retained in the making of this wine. This Sancerre white wine benefits from regular bâtonnage until bottling, thereby imparting volume and breadth.

Grape variety

Sauvignon Blanc (100%).