Domaine des Quatre Piliers Ancrage 2024
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Domaine des Quatre Piliers Ancrage 2024
Valentin Desloges trained under Coche-Dury and Thierry Pillot before coming home to Touraine to farm 25 tiny plots like kitchen gardens — this is one of his most polished Sauvignon Blancs yet.
Grape varietal & region: 100% Sauvignon Blanc from Domaine des Quatre Piliers in Noyers-sur-Cher, Touraine, in the Loire Valley. The domaine's 10 hectares are broken into 25 separate plots, each farmed almost individually — "worked like small gardens," as the estate puts it — and the whole property has been converted to organic farming. Ancrage is built from old vines, hand-harvested, sourced from parcels chosen for age and character rather than convenience. Touraine sits at the eastern, more continental end of the Loire's Sauvignon Blanc belt, giving wines with a bit more weight and ripeness than the flinty examples further downstream in Sancerre and Pouilly-Fumé — helped along here by full barrel fermentation, a technique borrowed more from Burgundy than the Loire's usual stainless-steel-and-speed approach.
Taste profile: fresh and precise rather than blowsy — lime zest, sea salt and chervil on the nose, the herbaceous lift Sauvignon Blanc is known for, but reined in and focused rather than shouty. The palate carries a firm mineral spine through to a long, saline finish, with barely any of the varietal heaviness Sauvignon can lean into when overripe. Barrel fermentation (20% new Burgundy oak) adds texture and roundness without masking the fruit. Good with oysters, or anything that wants a wine to cut through rather than sit back.
Winemaking process: hand-harvested at full ripeness, then fermented and aged entirely in Burgundy oak barrels, 20% of them new. Meticulous élevage is the point — depth and texture without losing the sauvignon's natural lift. Estate-wide, the vineyards are organically farmed; no filtration details are published specifically for this cuvée, so treat the finishing process as the estate's default low-intervention approach rather than a confirmed spec for Ancrage itself.
Winemaker: Valentin Desloges is the son of a Touraine winegrower, so he grew up around this land before he ever left it — but he didn't stay put. He trained at Coche-Dury in Meursault and under Thierry Pillot in Chassagne-Montrachet, two of Burgundy's most exacting addresses, before bringing that precision home to build Domaine des Quatre Piliers in Noyers-sur-Cher. It shows: Ancrage ferments and ages in Burgundy barrels rather than the stainless steel most Touraine Sauvignon sees, a direct import of techniques picked up on the Côte d'Or, applied to Loire fruit.
Country
France
Region
Touraine, Loire Valley
Maker
Les Quatre Piliers
Style
Bright & Mineral White
Winery Practices
Organic Wines
Maturation Medium
Oak Barrels
Primary Taste
Citrus Fruit, Herbaceous, Herbal, and Mineral
Acidity
High
Dryness
Very Dry
Food Pairing
White Fish
Key Highlights
Winery
Winery
Les Quatre Piliers
The 10-hectare vineyard, in the beating heart of the Touraine AOC valley, is divided into nearly 25 plots planted on predominantly clay-limestone soils. The fruit of passionate and ultra-meticulous work, Valentin creates local wines that are precise
Classification
Classification
Classic Wines
The cornerstone of wine culture—faithful expressions of their origin, yet open to a range of interpretations
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Same Day Delivery is possible for orders between Tuesday - Sunday, and is conditional on whether we have the wines available at our storefront. Look out for products listed here
Select "Local Delivery" shipping option upon checkout, and orders made by 6PM would be able to be delivered same day
Perfect for those last-minute dinner parties or when you simply can’t wait to order wine online and uncork that bottle.
Otherwise, we provide a cheaper Standard Delivery option that would have your wines delivered within 3 business days
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