2024 | Vignobles Berthier Sancerre | Loire | France

Organic Sancerre from a fifth-generation Loire family — crisp, mineral Sauvignon Blanc in a party-ready magnum.

Vignobles Berthier traces to 1980, when Jean-Marie Berthier struck out on his own; today brothers Clément and Florian — possibly the fifth generation of Loire growers in their family — farm some 30+ hectares between Sancerre and the Coteaux du Giennois. Florian eliminated chemicals in 2013 and earned organic certification in 2022. Sauvignon Blanc is roughly 80% of what they grow, and this village Sancerre is their calling card, here in the 1.5L magnum.

Organic village Sancerre in magnum is the crowd-pleaser that still has real pedigree. Certified-organic, fifth-generation, mineral-driven → the magnum is built for a table → at $79.99 you're pouring proper Sancerre for a crowd.

• 100% Sauvignon Blanc
• Sancerre — Loire Valley — 1.5L magnum
• Vignobles Berthier — Clément & Florian Berthier, certified organic 2022
• Steel-aged with extended lees contact

Grapefruit, green apple and gooseberry over wet-stone minerality with taut, saline acidity. Translation: textbook Sancerre — zesty citrus, herbal snap and a mineral core — from an organic grower, sized for the whole table.

Certified-organic Sancerre in a magnum. Exactly the bottle for oysters, goat cheese and a crowd on the terrace.