White
Domaine Joël Delaunay, Touraine Sauvignon Blanc 2025
From £17.95
Why Mark chose this
Thierry Delaunay is one of the most forward-thinking producers in Touraine, and this Sauvignon Blanc is a cut above the category. A 12-hour skin maceration before pressing adds texture and depth that most Touraine Sauvignons simply don't have, and lees ageing for three months rounds it out further. It's still crisp and refreshing, but it has substance. Good Loire Sauvignon at a fair price, and a very handy thing to have in the fridge.
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Best for
- Everyday drinking
- Aperitif
- Fish suppers
- A reliable house white
- Style
- Crisp and expressive, with tropical fruit, blackcurrant leaf and a clean mineral finish
- Food match
- Goat's cheese, asparagus, fish and chips, grilled prawns or lighter pasta dishes.
- Drink
- Drink now and over the next year or two, while it's fresh.
Tasting Notes
Domaine Joël Delaunay is a family-owned estate in the Touraine AOC, currently run by fifth-generation owner Thierry Delaunay. Like his forward-thinking father Joël Delaunay, who insisted on estate bottling in 1970, Thierry is similarly pioneering and was the first Touraine producer to bottle under screwcap in 2004. 30% of the cuvée was macerated on the skins for 12 hours before pneumatic pressing. Alcoholic fermentation took place over 20 days at controlled temperatures of 16°C. The wine was aged on fine lees after fermentation with bâtonnage (lees stirring) for three months prior to cross-flow filtration and bottling. This wine is pale lemon in colour with a complex nose of tropical fruits, blackcurrant leaf, grapefruit and peach. It is well-balanced, expressive on the palate, with refreshing acidity and a touch of minerality on the finish.
- Country
- France
- Region
- Touraine
- Grape
- Sauvignon Blanc
- Vintage
- 2025
- ABV
- 13%
- Vol.
- 750ml