Thomas Labaille, Sauvignon Blanc, Sancerre "l'Authentique" Loire Valley, France 2025 newarrival This skin contact or Orange

This skin contact or Orange wine is a blend of 50% Gewūrztraminer

Smell luscious

not fruity

Blending Viognier and Sauvignon Blanc is rare because the two grapes are traditionally grown in different regions — except in Languedoc

untamed by man

Thomas Labaille, Sauvignon Blanc, Sancerre "l'Authentique" Loire Valley, France 2025 newarrival This skin contact or Orange100% Sauvignon Blanc. Originally labeled simply as "Sancerre", L'Authentique is Thomas Labaille's multi parcel estate bottling. All of the vines are on the Kimmeridgian limestone soils of Chavignol and average twenty five years old; they are sustainably farmed and harvested by hand. The wine is fermented with native yeasts in fiberglass and cement tanks, aged on its lees in stainless steel tanks for four to six months and bottled without filtration.