Morin harkens back to the past, with the certainty that great wine can only be made from low yields and grapes that are harvested by hand. In every vintage (with his severe pruning and selection at harvest); on average, Morin has a meager 40 hl/ha. For his American importer he sets aside the wine from his oldest vines from various parcels, including the Chene Marchand which makes the richest most intense wine he offers.

This 2007 is very ripe, complex, and just the paradigm of Sancerre on the nose. Linger over the bouquet, and judge every other Sancerre you experience by this. On the palate it is concentrated, tight, profound, with a perfect web of fruit and mineral tones and exquisite finish. Wines like this transcend their varietal origin and take on the character of the vineyard site, so what you are drinking in actuality is the Chene Marchand expressed through the vehicle of the Sauvignon Blanc vines. This is in essence the central meaning of terroir!

Here is another opinion from The Wine Advocate: "Pierre Morin’s 2007 Sancerre ‘Chéne Marchand’ bottling from his top site is simply flabbergasting in the context of its vintage --- in fact, there are few better wines to be had from the Sauvignon Blanc grape! A gorgeous nose and subtly oily, lush, yet ultra-bright palate are dominated by hedge flowers, fresh orange, lime and grapefruit. Chalk, iodine and salt seem to cling indelibly even as this sensationally concentrated and supremely elegant Sancerre invigorates and refreshes."

$29.99 per bottle or $305.90/case $25.49