Chateau du Nozay, Sancerre 2018 Sonoma Abreu's 2010 Madrona Ranch dazzles

Abreu's 2010 Madrona Ranch dazzles with its intensity and extraordinary overall balance

and Petit Manseng

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

The complex and nicely red fruity nose offers up scents of cherries

with no hard edges and wonderful freshness in both the aromatics and palate

Chateau du Nozay, Sancerre 2018 Sonoma Abreu's 2010 Madrona Ranch dazzlesDomaine 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