2015 Sancerre Rouge En Grands Champs

From the upper part of La Moussière and from calcareous soils, the 2015 Sancerre En Grands Champs opens with an aromatic cherry and black olive nose that comes along open, matured, sweet and toasty but also floral, pure and stony, with tobacco, mushroom and herbal notes in the background. With aeration, this becomes a pretty fascinating yet certainly warm and ripe 2015. Full-bodied, wide, intense and deep on the palate, this is a full-bodied yet very fine, elegant and rather smooth but delicate and balanced Pinot with wild strawberry and licorice aromas. It has firm but soon polymerizing tannins that are not as refined as in the Génération XIX but provide structure to this full-bodied, rich, sweet and juicy Pinot that represents the warm and sunny vintage. Dark meat (venison) should be an excellent partner with the Em Grands Champs. Drink now and over the next 5-6 years. Tasted in January and February 2021.