2024 Thomas-Labaille Sancerre Les Monts Damnes Chavignol Cuvee Buster Loire, France Simonis without filtration

without filtration

Fermentation is usually 30-45 days and afterward the wine is racked off its gross lees

Grenache and Alicante from the Francis Road Vineyard

5-acre plot on the estate

100% Pineau d'Aunis hand-harvested from vines grown in clay-silt soil

2024 Thomas-Labaille Sancerre Les Monts Damnes Chavignol Cuvee Buster Loire, France Simonis without filtrationDuring a summer visit to Sancerre, Jean Paul Labaille tasted Joe, Denyse and Kevin on a single barrel of 1997 (a legendary year throughout the Loire Valley). Up until that time, there were no Burgundian barrels at the estate; everything was made in stainless steel, enamel lined tanks or large, very old foudres.