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Pascal Jolivet Sancerre Rose 2022 (750ml)
Price: $29.99
Sale Price: $24.95
...delicate and elegant with layers of herb, strawberry and a clean, crisp finish.
| Producer | Pascal Jolivet Sancerre Rose |
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| Country | France |
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| Region | Loire Valley |
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| Subregion | Sancerre |
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| Varietal | Pinot Noir |
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| Vintage | 2022 |
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| Sku | 22524 |
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| Size | 750ml |
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"If you're partial to melon and citrusy peach flavors, then you'll love this Sancerre Rosé, made with 100% Pinot Noir grapes. A blend of direct press and “saignée” production methods, Pascal Jolivet practices a minimalist winemaking style, allowing nature to take its course." Parade Magazine
Domaine Pascal Jolivet
Sancerre Rosé 2022
Pinot Noir
The 2022 Sancerre Rosé is a pale salmon pink in color with a subtly nose of fresh berries. On the palate the wine is delicate and elegant with layers of herb, strawberry and a clean, crisp finish.
Technical Details
Appellation: Sancerre
Sustainability: Organic Practices
Primary Soil: Limestone, Clay
Alcohol: 13.5%
Varietals: 100% Pinot Noir
Terroir
Situated 125 miles south of Paris, the Sancerre landscape undulates at an altitude between 650 and 1,300 feet. The Loire River on the Eastern side of the hilly environment creates a relatively temperate microclimate for the wines. Pascal Jolivet Sancerre Rosé is sourced from different terroirs throughout the appellation including estate vineyards in the villages of Bué, Verdigny and St Gemme.
Vinification
The Sancerre Rosé is made with 100% Pinot Noir and is a blend of direct press and “saignée” production methods. Pascal Jolivet practices a minimalist winemaking style, allowing nature to take it’s course. It is produced using exclusively native yeasts, and entirely in temperature stainless steel. All parcels are vinified separately until final blending and bottling.
Saignée Rose Production Method
Saignée (“sohn-yay”) means “to bleed,” and it also describes a method of rosé winemaking that involves “bleeding” off a portion of red wine juice after it’s been in contact with the skins and seeds. Saignée is considered a byproduct of red winemaking because its primary function is to increase the concentration of red wines. Still, Saignée is a unique style of rosé wine because it is so often bolder and darker in color than any other rosé wine. So, if you’re not a fan of traditional rosé, you might like Saignée because:
It’s bigger, darker, and stronger than other wimpy pink wines.
How Saignée Rosé is Made:
- Red wine grapes are picked when optimally ripe for red wine making.
- Grapes are crushed and put into a fermentation vat.
- After a short period of time (from 2 hours to 2 days) a portion of the juice is bled off.
- The Saignée rosé finishes fermenting on its own.
- Some producers age their Saignée rosé in oak barrels
Pascal Jolivet Sancerre Rose Description
Pascal Jolivet
The house of Pascal Jolivet was founded in 1987 and is one of the most dynamic domaines in France’s Loire Valley. Based in Sancerre, the domaine now owns over 120 acres of prime vineyards spread across the appellations of Sancerre and Pouilly-Fumé.
The domaine supplements the estate holdings with additional fruit sourced from some of the prime terroirs of the region including “les Caillotes”, “le Chêne Marchand”, “les Terres Blanches”, “les Griottes”, and “le Clos du Roy”.
Sancerre wines originate from three soil types: clay, limestone and flint. Sancerre wines are more floral and elegant than wines of the same varietal type in other regions. Pouilly Fumé wines come from an area located on the right (north) bank of the Loire, which offers a large diversity of subsoils from the Ice Age. Pouilly Fumé wines possess characteristic flinty aromas (pierre à fusil), and are slightly rounder and creamier than Sancerre wines. The latter, grown on the left (south) bank of the Loire, exhibit more floral aromas and are bone dry.
Pascal Jolivet also produces a wine called Attitude, a Sauvignon Blanc produced on a single 57-acre estate located to the west of Sancerre in Touraine. This estate’s vines are planted in two distinct terroirs: Chémery, with limestone soils, and Anger sur Cher, with sandy soils. The Attitude wine range also includes a Pinot Noir and a Rosé; the latter is a blend of one-third Pinot Noir, one-third Gamay and one-third Cabernet. Overall, the Attitude trio is made with the same winemaking philosophy, care and focus, as are all Pascal Jolivet’s wines.
Pascal Jolivet is a firm believer in natural winemaking and practices environmentally friendly techniques in both the vineyard and the cellar. The philosophy of the estate is to let nature take its course as much as possible. The juices are fermented with wild yeasts in stainless steel tanks with thermoregulation.
Valentina Buoso is Pascal Jolivet’s new winemaker and she continues to fulfill Pascal Jolivet’s philosophy and practices.
