Daniel Chotard, Sancerre Champs D'Alligny, 2020 RHONECT012026 Fermented without flor

Fermented without flor

and Mourvèdre grown on the distinctive rolled stone terroir of Châteauneuf-du-Pape

giving it a textured

leaving an impression of purity and refinement

with gorgeous fruit and elegance to spare

Daniel Chotard, Sancerre Champs D'Alligny, 2020 RHONECT012026 Fermented without florThis is the red side of Sancerre and one of its quiet gems. Champs d'Alligny is a small Pinot Noir parcel planted decades ago by Simon Chotard's great uncle and grandfather, on a south facing slope where limestone topsoil sits over Kimmeridgian marl (the same geology that makes Chablis sing). Previously folded into the estate's Sancerre Rouge, it now earns its own bottling, and the 2020 is showing beautifully five years on, the fruit has settled into