Domaine Vincent Pinard Sancerre Petit Chemarin 2023 Bottle (75cl)
The 2023 Domaine Vincent Pinard Sancerre Petit Chemarin is a Loire white wine made from 100% Sauvignon Blanc, produced by Vincent Pinard in the Sancerre appellation. This single-plot cuvée comes from the lieu-dit Petit Chemarin in the village of Bué, where the vines grow on caillottes (small limestone stones) and a limestone subsoil. Harvested by hand, the wine is aged for 10 to 12 months in demi-muids with low sulfur, and is neither fined nor filtered.
La bouteille proposée
- Size
- Bottle (75cl)
- Label Condition
- Perfect
- Fill Level
- Perfect
- Capsule Condition
- Perfect
Identité du vin
- Couleur
- White
- Pays
- France
- Région
- Loire
- Appellation
- Sancerre
- Producteur / Domaine
- Vincent Pinard
- Cuvée
- Petit Chemarin
- Millésime
- 2023
Vincent Pinard
Located in Bué, in the heart of the Sancerrois region, Domaine Vincent Pinard is currently run by brothers Florent and Clément Pinard. Its 17 hectares are divided between 12.5 hectares of Sauvignon Blanc and 4.5 hectares of Pinot Noir, on limestone and clay-limestone terroirs. The estate notably produces the cuvées Nuance, Chêne Marchand, Charlouise, Vendanges Entières, and Narpi, with vinification and aging tailored to the different parcels.
- Owner
- Famille Pinard
- Surface (ha)
- 17.00 ha
- Production (average bottles per vintage)
- 100000
Histoire du domaine
The Pinard family has been established in Bué for over twenty generations. At the beginning of the 20th century, Armand Pinard practiced mixed farming and cultivated about three hectares of vines, alongside a small production of Crottin de Chavignol cheese. His son Charles took over the farm in 1945, when, devastated at the end of the Second World War, it no longer had any winemaking equipment. He revived the activity and notably shipped wine in barrels to Paris in the early 1960s. Vincent Pinard succeeded his father in the early 1970s and gradually expanded the vineyard through the leasing or acquisition of family land: the estate reached 12 hectares in the 1980s, then 15 hectares in the 2000s. The next generation, represented by his sons Florent and Clément Pinard, now manages the estate, which spans 17 hectares. La Revue du vin de France indicates organic certification was obtained in 2024.
Petit Chemarin
Petit Chemarin is a single-plot white Sancerre made from Sauvignon Blanc from the eponymous lieu-dit in Bué. The selection is based on limestone caillottes soils with a limestone subsoil, from vines planted in 1968. The wine is aged for 10 to 12 months in demi-muids, without fining or filtration.
- Origin of the cuvée name
- The name comes from the Petit Chemarin lieu-dit, located in the village of Bué.
- Cuvée creation year
- 2007
- Style of the cuvée
- A taut, precise, and persistent white Sancerre, consistently marked by a saline, chalky, and limestone expression, with more depth than varietal exuberance.
- Position within the range
- A single-plot white Sancerre cuvée positioned at the high end of the estate's terroir selections.
Histoire de la cuvée
The estate singled out Petit Chemarin as part of its work to separately highlight the terroirs of Bué. The 2007 vintage is the first distinct bottling found in the professional sources consulted.
