Daniel Chotard, Sancerre Champs D'Alligny, 2020 RHONECT012026 London Dry Gin

London Dry Gin

large old botti — extracts all the site's character without obscuring it

Mazy-Chambertin

leaving an impression of purity and refinement

with gorgeous fruit and elegance to spare

Daniel Chotard, Sancerre Champs D'Alligny, 2020 RHONECT012026 London Dry GinThis is the red side of Sancerre and one of its quiet gems. Champs d'Alligny is a small Pinot Noir parcel planted decades ago by Simon Chotard's great uncle and grandfather, on a south facing slope where limestone topsoil sits over Kimmeridgian marl (the same geology that makes Chablis sing). Previously folded into the estate's Sancerre Rouge, it now earns its own bottling, and the 2020 is showing beautifully five years on, the fruit has settled into