Gerard Boulay Sancerre La Comtesse 2020 not on sale Brambly fruit on the nose

Brambly fruit on the nose draws you in before giving way to a moreish palate of raspberry

more raspberry than anything darker

Gary Walsh

the bouquet setting the scene

offering juicy red fruit

Gerard Boulay Sancerre La Comtesse 2020 not on sale Brambly fruit on the noseThe current release is tightly packed with vivid citrus, herbal tones, fennel, ginger spice and iodine, all pulsating around an intense core of earth and stone. Powerful but not remotely heavy, the palate combines the texture of the Monts Damnes with the mineral backbone of the La Cote. Its a head turning Sancerre of rare intensity and presence, reverberating with the salty, mineral essence of its pocket sized limestone terroirs. So intense, tensile,