2024 Firmin Dezat Sancerre White Burgundy German wine fans should expect

German wine fans should expect to see more of these “1G” wines going forward

Stéphane Moreau began making wine very young

sappy with black fruits

tensile with awkward elbows and muscle and sinew pulled tightly over a lean frame

and delicately intense

2024 Firmin Dezat Sancerre White Burgundy German wine fans should expectThe Sancerre is handpicked. Winemaking is straightforward, in stainless steel, resting on the fine lees until bottling, which happens in March, much later than the end of year time frame preferred by more commercial producers. Firmins vision for Sancerre is a wine of good ripeness and tension, and an absence of Sauvignon herbal character. White peach and citrus flavors characterize his Sancerre.