2023 Claude Riffault, Sancerre, Les Boucauds Price_30_Under with some areas that have

with some areas that have a subsoil of Kimmeridgian limestone

Porro remains one of the region’s great under-the-radar estates

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granite-and-slate slopes possess a singular voice

The vineyards here sit on compact clay and limestone soils that tend to give the wines a little more structure and depth than Dolcetto grown elsewhere in the region

2023 Claude Riffault, Sancerre, Les Boucauds Price_30_Under with some areas that haveClaude Riffault has gone from rising star to one of the established leaders of his appellation. The wines are beautifully textured and ride a fine line between richness and verve. Like the best wines from the village of Bu, this shows you can make truly special wine from Oxfordian limestone, which is normally associated with easy drinking Sancerre. But while complex and cellar worthy, it also gives instantaneous pleasure. Flint, smoke, citrus, gray