{"product_id":"domaine-hippolyte-reverdy-sancerre-blanc-2025","title":"Domaine Hippolyte Reverdy Sancerre Blanc 2025","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Land\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSancerre sits closer to Chablis than to the Loire's Atlantic mouth, and it shares Chablis's bedrock. The same band of Kimmeridgian limestone and marl that runs under Chablis and the Aube resurfaces in the hills west of the town of Sancerre, and that geology does more to shape Sauvignon Blanc here than the river does. Domaine Hippolyte Reverdy is based in Verdigny, one of the steep-sided villages northwest of Sancerre, where the vineyards cover rolling chalky hillsides above small valleys. Reverdy's white comes mostly from two soil types: terres blanches, the pale Kimmeridgian marl full of fossilized oyster shells, which gives weight and length, and caillottes, a pebbly, stony limestone that gives lift and aromatic snap. The climate is continental, with cold winters, spring frost risk and warm summer days, so acidity stays high even in ripe years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Wine\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne hundred percent Sauvignon Blanc from 11 hectares of vines averaging about 30 years old. After pneumatic pressing, the must settles for 36 hours before fermenting in temperature-controlled stainless steel. The wine then rests two to three months on its lees with three or four stirrings, which rounds the texture, and malolactic is blocked to keep the acid sharp. Bottling comes in spring. The 2025 Centre-Loire vintage brought no frost, but May and June were the driest in more than 15 years, and hail on July 23 hit roughly 350 hectares across Sancerre and its neighbors. An August heatwave sped ripening and produced small, thick-skinned berries, and Sauvignon Blanc picking began on August 28. The Domaine Hippolyte Reverdy Sancerre Blanc 2025 shows lemon, grapefruit zest, white flowers and wet stone, with a rounded middle and a salty, chalky finish.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe People\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Reverdy family has made wine in Verdigny perhaps as far back as 1600, though for most of that time this was a mixed farm with goats and other crops. Hippolyte Reverdy expanded the vineyards after World War II as Parisian demand for Sancerre grew. Michel Reverdy joined in 1971, straight out of high school, and it was under Michel that the domaine began working with Kermit Lynch, whose request for an unfiltered Sancerre rouge raised in large wood set the direction for the reds. Today Michel works alongside his niece Julie Guiard, a trained chemist who joined in 2014. Together they farm 14 hectares in 20 parcels, 11 planted to Sauvignon Blanc and 3 to Pinot Noir, following lutte raisonnée. This is Sancerre from a working farm family rather than a brand.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFood Pairing\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStart with the classic: a round of Crottin de Chavignol, the goat cheese made a few kilometers from Verdigny, warmed on toast over bitter greens, where the acid slices through the tangy fat. Oysters on the half shell work because the wine's salinity meets the brine head-on. Try trout amandine with brown butter and lemon, or pan-seared scallops with a beurre blanc, where the lees texture matches the sauce and the acid keeps it from getting heavy. A spring vegetable risotto with asparagus and peas brings out the green, herbal side of Sauvignon Blanc. Keep this one in the door of the fridge for the nights you cook fish and want something that just works.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"empire","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51360536199391,"sku":null,"price":52.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0439\/7436\/1248\/files\/P9120290.jpg?v=1789272793","url":"https:\/\/danverwinemerchant.com\/products\/domaine-hippolyte-reverdy-sancerre-blanc-2025","provider":"Denver Wine Merchant","version":"1.0","type":"link"}