Jean-Max Roger, Sauvignon Blanc "Le Petit Clos" Morogues, Menetou-Salon, Loire Valley, France 2022

Noticeably herbaceous with fennel, verbena, wormwood and floral notes with complexity of citrus and lychee on the palate. The palate starts soft, with a nice tanginess and flavors of candied lemon, lychee, and notes of fresh rose. The finish is long and classically bright, featuring notes of green peppercorns.

Perfect to pair with white meats and goat cheeses.

The Roger family comes from a long line of winegrowers from the village of Bué. The first texts that mention the family name date back to the early 17th century. Jean-Max Roger took over the four hectares of vines left to him by his parents in the early 1970s and expanded the estate to its current size, 26 hectares.

Beginning in 2004, two of his three sons, Etienne and Thibault, came back to work at the estate after various professional experiences in France and abroad. Today, the estate covers a surface area of 26 hectares in the Sancerre AOC, along the Loire River. It also includes 5 hectares of vines located in the Menetou-Salon AOC area of production where the first plantations date back to 1981.

Farming is organic.