Thierry Merlin-Cherrier, Sancerre Le Chene Marchand, 2023 so081925 albamar offer and limestone soils create wines

and limestone soils create wines of mineral precision and complexity that reward careful attention

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Thierry Merlin-Cherrier, Sancerre Le Chene Marchand, 2023 so081925 albamar offer and limestone soils create winesLe Chne Marchand is one of Sancerre's most famous lieux dits a south facing limestone amphitheater above the village of Bu, also bottled by names like Crochet. Thierry Merlin Cherrier, working alongside his wife Sophie, is a fourth generation Bu grower who made his first vintage in 1982 and has been quietly putting out some of the most precise, terroir honest Sancerres in the village ever since. This is his top single vineyard cuve, and the Chne