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Tasting Note: Medium-plus pink in color, the nose offers mineral-laced red berries, juicy watermelon, fresh mint, and orange peel. The palate is vibrant and impeccably clear, gliding with a silky texture while delivering layers of crunchy red fruit, citrus zest, and subtle grape-skin complexity. Bright acidity and stony minerality carry through a long, refreshing finish. A serious Chavignol rosé that is as compelling as it is delicious.

Variety: Pinot Noir

Vineyard: From 35-40 year old Pinot Noir vines on the steep hillsides in front of the Boulay home in Chavignol.

Orientation: Multiple parcels, varied exposure

Soil: Steep clay hillside

Viticulture: Gerard works the soil manually and lets nature make the wine

Vinification: The hand-harvested fruit macerated for 24 hours. The press wine and free-run juice fermented separately with indigenous yeasts. Boulay blocks malolactic conversion to keep tension, and no oak is involved.

Aging: Tank aged

Production: 200 cases annually

Notes: Unlike many Sancerre Roses, Gerard harvests his Pinot specifically to make rose by direct press, then into tank. It is not a selection of young vines as he has no young Pinot vines. What makes the rosé one year could make red another, and vice versa, depending on what the vintage gives.