Chateau du Nozay, Sancerre 2018 Sonoma the 2017 Syrah Sur Echalas

the 2017 Syrah Sur Echalas Vineyard wafts from the glass with aromas of ripe blackberries and plums compounded by elegant tones of smoked strawberry and black cherry

blackberry liqueur

biodynamic farming

90/2026+ -burghound

Innocent wines tend toward higher acid levels

Chateau du Nozay, Sancerre 2018 Sonoma the 2017 Syrah Sur EchalasDomaine du Nozay Sancerre Chateau du Nozay: Cyril produces a separate cuvee from the estates oldest and best exposed vines closest to the chateau itself. As of 2016, the vines for the Chateau du Nozay are 45 years old, and while the wine possesses the same almost Chablis like carriage as the Domaine bottling, the intensity and depth are noticeably ratcheted up here. While its still lean and punchy, the vines diet of more sun and deeper subsoils