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Sancerre Silex is made from roughly 35-year-old vines grown on clay, flint, and marl soils, native-fermented in stainless steel and raised on the lees with minimal sulfur and no unnecessary extras. \u003cspan class=\"\" data-state=\"closed\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"504\" data-end=\"879\"\u003e2022 François le Saint Sancerre Silex is a taut, stony expression of Sancerre. It opens with aromas of lemon pith, green fig, and citrus peel, lifted by crushed stone and a faint saline edge. 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Les Peuillets sits at the southern end of Savigny's premiers crus, where the appellation borders Beaune on warm, gravelly, brown-red limestone — the side of the village known for rounder, more generous Pinot Noir, in contrast to the cooler, more structured parcels on Savigny's northern slope. The domaine's 50-year-old vines here are hand-harvested, triple-sorted, destemmed, and cold-soaked five days before fermentation on indigenous yeast, then aged 15 months in French oak from Allier and Vosges forests with 22% new oak.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 2022 Les Peuillets is a supple, aromatic expression of a premier cru that trades on finesse over power. 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Tête de Cuvée comes from the domaine’s best old-vine fruit. The 2019 vintage is built from 85% Merlot, 10% Cabernet Sauvignon, and 5% Malbec, from biodynamically farmed vineyards on the Right Bank. \u003cspan data-state=\"closed\" class=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1069\" data-start=\"522\"\u003e2019 Château La Grolet Tête de Cuvée is a dark, structured, quietly polished expression of Côtes de Bourg, combining black-fruited depth, gravelly tension, and floral spice in a style that feels grounded, serious, and just a little wild at the edges. It opens with aromas of crunchy plum, cassis, and dark flowers, lifted by graphite and crushed stone. 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Aunis is their single-varietal take on Pineau d'Aunis — an ancient, Loire-native grape rarely bottled on its own, better known as a blending grape — sourced from 35-year-old vines on clay-limestone soils. Hand-harvested, then given a long carbonic maceration before being aged for four months in concrete tank, the wine is bottled unfined, unfiltered, with no added sulfur.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAunis 2024 is about as light and unguarded as red wine gets — barely double digits in alcohol, translucent in the glass, and built entirely around the immediacy of the fruit. It opens with aromas of fresh strawberry, white pepper, and violet, with a wild, slightly stemmy lift that is entirely Pineau d'Aunis and nothing else. 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