Offers a mix of red & black fruit flavors – berries, cherries & a little bit of plum, sweet baking spices, dusty cocoa powder, hints of leather & tons of minerality. The unique mineral & stone based soils of Sancerre in contrast to the clay of Burgundy really shine through in this wine. It has bright acidity & soft, chewy tannins making this wine as classic as they come! Drink now or stash some in the cellar and let the fruit blossom in the bottle. Red burgundy lovers, especially those who don’t want to pay the hefty price tag, should definitely give this a try!\n Noël Sancerre Rouge is a limited cuvée made from .5ha (1 acre) of pinot noir parcels located near the villages of Sancerre and Chavignol. It is an exceptionally graceful and delicious example of Sancerre Rouge. 200 cs produced – very limited\n \n Sandalwood and red berry aromas are lifted. Vibrant strawberry and cherry fruit, flinty minerality, and spice come together in a rose petal soft texture.\n \n Producer Information\n The domaine was created in 1988 by Patrick Noël in his native village of Saint-Satur, at the base of the Sancerre hill. Patrick is descended from more than three centuries of vignerons, all from the village of Chavignol. Historically, in the Noël family, the vines have always been transmitted from mothers to daughters. Patrick is an exception to this rule, but his daughter Julie, by choosing to take over the wine heritage in her turn, is part of a long matriarchal line. T oday the domain farms over fifty plots totaling 18 ha in the appellations of Sancerre, Menetou-Salon, and Pouilly-Fumé. In Sancerre, their parcels are on three terroirs, Les Bouffants, la Côte Des Monts Damnés, and l’Orme au Loup. In Pouilly-Fumé, their vines are planted on silex soil in the village of Tracy-sur-Loire. Domaine Patrick Noël bottles only estate fruit, fermented exclusively with native, indigenous yeasts and they have also implemented the certification of their plots through a new ecological farming certification program in France known as Haute Valeur Environnementale (HVE). HVE is an approach that focuses on the ecology and balance of the vineyards with the surrounding ecosystems (see our farming guide for more information on HVE).
