2008 Domaine Serge Laporte Sancerre

Community Tasting Notes (4) Avg Score: 90 points

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  9/27/2010 - SparkyL wrote: 89 Points

  Popped and poured. My first impression is elusive, as the wine has been chilled too much. Pale golden color. Rather dense viscosity, perhaps enhanced by cold temp. The nose is different from other Sancerres, almost wet socks on top of citrus. On the palate, it seems to be a rather masculine version of Sancerre; almost reminds me of a New Zealand SB it is so tart. I prefer softer style Sancerre.

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  4/11/2010 - awinestory wrote: 90 Points

  medium yellow with some green tinges ...
  nose: minerals, intense sense of terroir
  palate: dry, low RS, acid is med+ to high, tannin low, alc is estimated 12.5 finish is long with minerals, sharp yellow grapefruit,
  
  This very young wine comes from a terroir rich in minerals and offers the kind of fresh, high acidity that would have it pair well with oysters. Good finesse, length, intensity of flavor and concentration of fruit, complexity of flavor, and typicity of the region. Can hold for four years.

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  2/12/2010 - awinestory wrote: 95 Points

  color is a darker lemon, gold highlights
  nose: med+ intensity, citrus
  palate: dry, rs seems about 2 gram per litre, body is med alc is est 13, flavors include mineral, apple (cider), spice (oak in aging?)
  A really refreshing and zippy SB with mineral undertones, some ripe peach, and zingy acidity

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  11/27/2009 - jdesimone4 wrote:

  The sweat is pouring off the Sancerre and I can't wait to get my hands around the neck of that bottle. I'm watching the minute hand crawl towards seven p.m. and then I'm going to jab that bottle with my corkscrew and fill a large goblet with that glistening, golden Sauvignon Blanc...aaah. Sancerre. I even like the sound of that word.
  
  I've had a lot of Sancerre's over the years and Serge Laporte's is really something special. All of you seem to agree because I have to keep making space for it in nearly all of my containers. I've drunk a lot of Laporte over the past twenty years, yes that's right, I've been drinking this vintage in and vintage out for twenty years!
  
  It's not that I just stopped looking for a Sancerre after I fell for Laporte. No, I've probably had a hundred, but they never measure up. And on top of that, Laporte's Sancerre is actually reasonably priced.
  
  The best Sancerre does not actually come from the hilltop Sancerre village. The wines with more character and complexity come from Chavignol. It's all about the exposure of the vineyards and their soil of Kimmerdgian marl.
  
  There is a substantial silkiness to this wine - somehow more viscous than a lot of Sauvignon Blancs I taste. Laporte's Sancerre has that flavor of several different citrus fruits blended together, but this wine is also honeyed and minerally and far more pungent than the usual Sancerre.
  
  The Laporte vineyards are located on several different beautifully exposed sites in Chavignol. Terroir is important in Sancerre. Laporte's vines are planted in parcels of caillottes, a stony limestone with little soil, and also in parcels of argile-calcaire which is clayey limestone.
  
  Each soil type contributes to the wine: caillottes produce wines that are forwardly fruity with finesse, argile-calcaire creates wines that are structured and long-lived. It is the dream combination. Serge picks the grapes by hand and vinifies them parcel by parcel so the individual flavors and aromas are accentuated.
  
  I like to drink this Sancerre young when its acidity is lively and fresh. Since Serge Laporte's Sancerre is richer and more intense than most, you can eat anything garlicky or Asian and grilled peppers and fennel are quite fantastic with this wine.
  
  Bingo! That minute hand just hit the seven (okay, okay, five minutes to seven) and I am armed with my corkscrew heading toward that bottle of Sancerre. Care to join me? Cynthia Hurley

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