Pascal Jolivet Sauvage 2018

Sauvage - a French term for "wild" or "natural". A simple word but can have 3 meaning when it comes to wine.

1) it can mean that the tasting note is earthy and gamy

2) it might reference a wine that was fermented with wild or indigenous yeasts

3) no dosage has been added to a sparkling wine, making it even drier than a brut

While this Pascal Jolivet Sauvage is no sparkling wine, it is still aptly named as it is matured on fine lees for 12 months in thermo-regulated stainless steel tanks and is neither filtration nor cold passage before bottling.

Sauvage is issued from a careful selection of parcels out of 2 hectares (fives acres) of limestone located in the Champtin hamlet and Bué-en-Sancerre. Those old vines, managed under an organic viticulture process produce exceptional grapes and extremely pure and concentrated juice.

 Sauvage is sourced from old vines planted in a 2ha vineyard on limestone soils. The terroir and vine age combine to give a concentrated wine, which is lees-aged for a year in stainless steel tanks. It's a distinctive and textural expression of Sancerre, less aromatic than the typical character of the appellation, with a wild yeastiness overlaying the varietal Sauvignon Blanc character and acidity. This was a very ripe vintage and this has weight and power.