Domaine Hubert Brochard, Sancerre Terroir De Silex Fontaine-Audon 2024
Domaine Hubert Brochard, Sancerre Terroir De Silex Fontaine-Audon 2024 is a dry, light-bodied white from Sauvignon Blanc (Sancerre, France), in the crisp, dry whites style. Acidity is very high; oak influence is none. Good with goat cheese, asparagus, white fish, shellfish.
| Wine | Sweet | Body | From | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clement & Florian Berthier Pouilly Fume 2024 Clement & Florian Berthier · Loire | £19.55 | |||
| Domaine Fournier Pouilly Fume Les Deux Cailloux 2024 Domaine Fournier Pere et Fils · Loire | £19.52 | |||
| Dog Point Sauvignon Blanc 2024 | £19.50 | |||
| Duckhorn Decoy Sauvignon Blanc 2024 Duckhorn · California | £19.43 |
Hubert Brochard's Terroir de Silex is Sancerre doing what only Sancerre can: turning a single grape variety and a patch of flint-rich soil into something that feels almost elemental. The Fontaine-Audon lieu-dit sits on pure silex — that distinctive gunflint soil that gives Loire Sauvignon Blanc its famously mineral, almost smoky edge. The 2024 vintage brought freshness and precision across the appellation, and this wine has both in abundance: white stone fruit, crisp citrus, and a nervy, saline finish that makes you reach for the next sip. We find this is exactly the style to open over the next two to four years, when the primary fruit is vivid and that flint-struck character is at its most expressive. It's a textbook argument for why Sancerre still matters. Drink now until 2030.