Matthias Planchon 'Le Paradis' Sancerre 2022 - 750ml

Tasting Notes

Intense straw yellow color. The nose offers a fragrant and floral wine whose intensity is gradually revealed. It offers aromas of orange blossom, jasmine, broom, as well as notes of white and black currants and elderberry. A subtle touch of gooseberries gives way to notes of lemon, lemon balm and minerality. On the palate, this Sancerre is both lively and silky in its acidity, with a creamy texture. Limestone minerality forms the base, austere and white, while notes of flowers, blackcurrant, elderberry and greengage intertwine. Obvious grapefruit and spice notes evoking tobacco and earth enrich the whole. It is a long, intense and elegant wine.

The wine is aged on fine lees in the same containers, for a variable period depending on the vintage, generally between ten and twelve months on average. Bottling then takes place according to the lunar cycle.

Winery Notes

'The Planchon family has been growing grapes in Sancerre since 1573. Jules Emile Planchon, who discovered phylloxera in 1868, is one of Matthias’s ancestors. The wines seek to express the terroir of each individual parcel as well as the minerality of the limestone and flint soils, making what Matthias calls “l’eau de roche,” or “rock water.”

Matthias Planchon has lived in Sancerre for his whole life, and he is profoundly dedicated to showing the best of what the region has to offer. His family’s roots in the area run deep–the grape-growing tradition has been passed down from father to son since 1573. Matthias began working in the vineyards in 2012, and constructed his own cellar in 2018. 2019 was the first vintage he produced under his own label. He farms his five hectares of vines organically and biodynamically. “My philosophy is healthy vines for a wine of character,” he tells us. His plots are made up of the two “grands terroirs” of Sancerre, limestone and flint. Matthias prioritizes healthy soil and deep root systems, which allow the vines to express the maximum character of the terroir. “Good nutrition above all else,” he asserts.'

Organic

Biodynamic