2014 Roland Tissier Sancerre

Roland Tissier

France / Sancerre / Roland Tissier

100% Sauvignon Blanc from vines with an average age of 30 years growing on soils of calcareous clay, limestone and silex. The grapes are very slowly pressed and the juice cold settled over 24 hours. The must is then run to stainless steel tanks to undergo alcoholic fermentation at a controlled, low temperature (about 15°C) for 15 to 20 days. During elevage, the fine lees are stirred to bring roundness to the wine. This is followed by gentle fining and, several weeks later, the wine is racked and gently filtered before bottling.
This Sancerre has great finesse, with citrus fruit and floral notes as well as flinty mineral tones.

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About Roland Tissier

Domaine Roland Tissier is a small, family-owned wine estate in Chavignol, one of the greatest wine villages within the Sancerre district. Founded in 1945, the domain is run today by Roland Tissier’s grandchildren, viticulturalist Rodolphe and winemaker Florent. Rudolph Tissier took the reins of the family business some 20 years ago and takes most of the responsibility for viticulture, while younger brother Florent works the cellar.


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The thing that hits you most about Rudolph and Florent Tissier is their desire to express the unique 'silex' terroir of Sancerre. Yields of between 50 and 60 hl per hectare are an important factor but the Tissiers are at pains to express that excessively low yields can diffuse or destroy the terroir expression. Across a range of tank and barrel samples you get the clear impression that this is a hands-on, no-smoke-and-mirrors affair. The blend is put together from nine or 10 different wines, vinified differently depending on the terroir. Clay, soil, and silex are all given different treatments, such as time on lees and type of yeast. “It's impossible to put terroir into a wine but it's very easy to knock it out,” as Florent Tissier puts it.