Domaine des Vieux Pruniers Sancerre 2025 BFCM21ALL with a decade or so

with a decade or so of life ahead

This 10-year conclusion—barrels laid down in 2015 at Castle & Key Distillery—represents just 75 barrels blended by Sean Josephs

but at 923 meters in the mountains above Valencia it becomes something else entirely

Pinot Gris and Chardonnay interspersed

Domaine des Vieux Pruniers Sancerre 2025 BFCM21ALL with a decade or soA small grower Sancerre from the village of Bu, where the Thirot Fournier family has farmed for generations. Vieux Pruniers is the kind of estate that flies under the radar: family run, hand harvested, vinified cleanly to let Sauvignon Blanc and the Loire's chalky soils do the talking. The 2025 is bright and energetic, with the citrus, white flowers, and stony cut that define great Sancerre. A wine for spring oysters, weeknight dinners, and anyone who