Domaine des Buissonnes AOC Sancerre

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Agricultural Method :: Lutte raisonnée

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Type : Dry still white wine

Grape variety : Sauvignon 100 %

Terroir : Caillottes are small limestones from the Kimmeridgian (Oxfordian Jurassic period) mixed with clays. They appear in the form of a bed of small white stones, shattered by frost and covering the surface of the soil. The soils are very crumbly and the vines have no trouble finding the minerals they need. This terroir is renowned for its aromatic intensity and its enthusiastic, airy wines.

Alcohol content : 12.5%

Cultivation : Environmentally-friendly, reasoned cultivation

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Domaine des Buissonnes

History

Domaine des Buissonnes is a classical estate in Loire valley wines, and Sancerre in particular. They expand their holdings with the development of the appellation in Coteaux du Giennois.

5 generations, Marie Elise Naudet took over the domaine with her father 6 years ago, she will be running the domaine along with her friend Virginie, on the 1ST OF JANUARY 2024 after having worked in some estates and she took over from her father. She runs only their own vineyards.

Passionate with her friend Virginie, they improve on all technical advice and handle/ try all new research points. A BIG POINT; they work 90% native yeasts.

Her vineyards, in total being around Sancerre, Sury en Vaux, top of the plateau of Maimbray, and on 8 villages around.

Vines & Wines

Vineyards size

Total 40.40 ACRES:

24 acres Sancerre white

8 acres Sancerre red

6 acres Coteaux du Giennois white

2.4 acres Coteaux du Giennois red

14 miles between the 2 extreme of the vineyards. A Long time on a tractor!

Farming

Of course she makes a work a replacement of vines due to some degenerations, (a large situation in Sancerre and around) and age. A study of adaptation to the global warming is also done; change of pruning, plowing, timing, organic products, beats…

She chose passionate workers at the domaine all the time, and calls a team of employes if she needs more peoples.

The top value of the domaine

Having vineyards on 8 Villages and 29 single vineyards She is lucky having the 3 sub-soils possible there;

-30%Terres blanches (more calcar and chalky),

- 35% Caillotte (broken little rocks),

- 33 % Silex (flint) which gives her a chance to produce her “ Cuvée Pierre à Feu”.

- And very rare: 2% Griottes subsoil

Harvest :

Mostly done by machine, with some slope and vineyards by hand. Having vineyards in the plateau but also on the side slope of various valleys, she can extend picking to optimize ripeness.

In Sancerre, historically, the estates own vineyards in different valleys to reduce the risk on thunderstorms which follow very often one or tow valleys each vintag.

Facilities:

Different press to control timing, as well quality of juice in relation with sub-soil.

They vinify in small tanks, to follow the size of each vineyard, and they blend these vineyards in February/March (the week before Easter!), or later with the quality and evolution.

The Domain's Wines

Coteaux du Giennois
White Loire
Sancerre Caillotte
White Loire
Sancerre Cuvée Pierre à Feu
White Loire
Sancerre Rosé
Rosé Loire
Sancerre Rouge
Rouge Loire
Sancerre Terre Blanche
White Loire

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The Domain's Wines