Vignerons de Valençay, Sauvignon VdP du Val de Loire 2024

Alongside running his own, eponymous family estate in Valençay, winemaker Sébastien Vaillant has joined forces with his friend Damien Boisseur to form the Vignerons de Valençay cooperative. With just Sébastien and Damien as members, this is the smallest co-op in the Loire, perhaps even France. Valençay has held official AOC status since the 2002 vintage. It was the first French region to receive AOC classification for both wine and cheese, with its distinctive pyramid-shaped goat’s cheese pairing perfectly with Valençay white wines.  This tiny co-operative has 40 hectares of vineyards in total. The Sauvignon Blanc vines for this wine are located on the flint and clay soils of the Loire Valley, in the Valençay area. The flint in particular imparts the characteristic mineral quality on the wine, while patches of sandy and limestone topsoils over very stony and clay subsoils add richness and depth.