Jean-François Mérieau - 2017 Les Hexagonales (Sauvignon Blanc) - Touraine, Loire Valley, France Higher-end Bordeaux Blancs see extended

Higher-end Bordeaux Blancs see extended barrel aging and lees contact

even when the wine is verifiably free from actual sugar

terraced vineyards are farmed organically with some biodynamic practices and the grapes are harvested by hand

as they only release the wines when they are ready

Jean-François Mérieau - 2017 Les Hexagonales (Sauvignon Blanc) - Touraine, Loire Valley, France Higher-end Bordeaux Blancs see extendedJean Franois Mrieau is the fourth generation of his family running this estate. The vineyards are sustainably farmed with organic certification in process. The careful farming allows the minerality of other regions of the Loire Valley, such as Sancerre, to be displayed in this wine from the Touraine. Long, cool, fermentations keep the focus on the fruit, and five months of aging on the lees (the inactive yeast cells left over after fermentation) gives