Claude Riffault Sancerre Les Denisottes 2022

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Yohan Castaing - Robert Parker Wine Advocate

Situated just 100 meters from the estate, the 2022 Sancerre Les Denisottes plot spans a modest 1.3 hectares of clay and calcareous soils known as “terres blanches” in Sancerre. Evoking a pure, delicate bouquet of ripe orchard fruits, spices, pear and licorice, it’s medium to full-bodied, satiny and mouth coating with a seamless texture, a fleshy core of fruit and a tense, ethereal, delicate finish enhanced by notes of citrus. Matured for 14 months in large wood barrels, this wine has the potential to gracefully reach its 15th anniversary in fine form.

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Beverley Blanning MW - Decanter

The super-ripe Denisottes from Claude Riffault is a powerful wine with real presence. The fruit has an almost tropical feel to it, but the tingling mineral acidity at its core tells you this is from a fine site of classic Kimmeridgian marls in Sancerre. As it warms in the glass, the stony backbone begins to come through more strongly, building to a seamless, lengthy finish. Big, intense and fresh, this is a beautifully balanced wine that was both fermented and aged a year in old oak.