Sancerre wine

Sancerre wine is typically light- to medium-bodied but always bone-dry, with delicate flavours and intense aromas.

They’re most loved for their intense peach and gooseberry flavours, but you can also find notes of lemon, yellow plum, apricot, honeydew melon, green apple, pear, grass and chamomile

Its wines are typically unoaked, with winemakers fermenting and ageing the grapes in stainless steel tanks instead. In some rare cases, contact with oak produces deeper, more complex wines with additional flavours like brioche and shortbread.

White Sancerre wines are also known for their flinty flavour from the chalky soil in which the Sauvignon Blanc grapes are grown.

Rosé Sancerre wines, produced using Pinot Noir grapes, are bursting with ripe red berry flavours, such as strawberry, raspberry and red cherry. They can also have savoury flavours, such as green grass, or a smooth caramel finish.

Ruby red Sancerre Rouge (the region’s red wine), is also made using Pinot Noir and has flavours of juicy red plums, sweet red cherry and a light peppery finish.

Sancerre white wine’s light to medium body and delicate fruity flavours make it an ideal partner for white meat and seafood. The wine’s citrus flavours cut through the fattiness of salmon or trout, but they also complement grilled pork, turkey and roast chicken dishes.

You can pair Sancerre wines with light, summer vegetable dishes if meat isn’t on the menu. Asparagus, avocado, summer squash, tomatillos or green onion are perfect here.

Sancerre works beautifully with a variety of cheese. Goats cheese is a happy partner – particularly those made in the Sancerre region. Creamy options, such as Brie and Camembert, are also excellent choices.

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• For a standard delivery, we will deliver your order in three to five working days. Delivery to the Scottish Highlands, some other areas of Scotland, Northern Ireland and offshore islands can take an extra few days.
• Usual delivery times are between 07.00 and 21.00.
• You can select Next-day or Named-day delivery at checkout – but do bear in mind we don’t deliver on Sundays or Bank Holidays.

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