In 2018 Stéphane Riffault made the decision to release a village level Sancerre after several vintages where he felt Desmalets was too ripe and flamboyant due to its southern exposure. With additional planting that he has undertaken over the last decade in his other parcels, it made sense to use that young vine fruit and blend it with Desmalets to make a better wine than all its individual parts. An rough estimation of the terroir breakdown of this Sancerre – 60% Terres Blanches, 30% Caillottes & 10% Silex also happens to be a fairly accurate proportion of all the Sauvignon Blanc terroirs that Stéphane farms.
