Sylvain Bailly, Terroirs 2025, Sancerre

Sylvain Bailly, Terroirs 2025, SancerreSylvains granddaughter, Sonia Bailly, joined her father Jacques in 2007 in making the wine. They now work together along with Sonias husband Matthieu to produce wine with the renowned beautiful texture of Bu but also with a stunning precision and fruit. Most of Sonias vines are situated in Bu but they also extend into the villages of Sancerre, Amigny, Crzancy and Montigny. Beautifully balanced Sancerre with citrus, grapefruit, grassy notes and

this blend of Grenache

it is made by adding over forty herbs and spices including orange peel and quinine to white wine

a herbacious note and a refreshing acidity with rounded well-structured tannins

they had the chance to put these ideas into practice

cedar wood

the 80 hectares of vineyard offer huge potential for great complexity in the wines

The palate is intense and rounded

Full-flavoured and ripe with a fresh lingering

Sylvain’s granddaughter

The conversion to biodynamic viticulture began in 2006

The gems of the domaine are the 2-hectare plot of 1er Cru Vaulorent (50-year-old vines)

and riverbed stones