2024 Firmin Dezat Sancerre Piedmont and a wonderful imprint of

and a wonderful imprint of minerality

or Alpine cheese

this Vertus 1er Cru has a chiseled frame of a brut zero but it is not excessively bone-dry on the palate—the ample character typical of the village manifests itself in a round overall texture

and lime leaf with a laser beam of chalky minerality that just lights up the glass

The estate has focused on particularly long aging for Chablis

2024 Firmin Dezat Sancerre Piedmont and a wonderful imprint ofThe Sancerre is handpicked. Winemaking is straightforward, in stainless steel, resting on the fine lees until bottling, which happens in March, much later than the end of year time frame preferred by more commercial producers. Firmins vision for Sancerre is a wine of good ripeness and tension, and an absence of Sauvignon herbal character. White peach and citrus flavors characterize his Sancerre.