The Sancerre single vineyard Monts Damnés is probably the best of the entire AOC. It stands almost like a wall in the landscape and you can see how much effort the winegrowers have to make to produce wine here. On the "Terres Blanches", the calcareous clay and marl soils of this steep location, complex and subtle Sauvignon Blanc with a lot of depth grow, which are among the best representatives of this grape variety in the world.
Paul Prieur et Fils owns a plot of land here that belongs to the village of Chavignol, which lies west of Sancerre. The talented young winemaker Luc Prieur makes an enchanting Sancerre with enormous depth and inner tension, in a quality that you only find very few.
The 2020 vintage of Sancerre Monts Damnés by Paul Prieur was awarded an impressive 94/100 points by Decanter magazine. Master of Wine Andy Howard describes it as follows: "The Prieur vines are situated to the east of the Monts Damnés slope, with an easterly rather than southerly aspect. Even with vines at higher altitudes on the slope, a rich, weighty cuvée is produced , with generous ripe stone and tropical fruit, cut with a rapier-like line of acidity. One third of the cuvée is aged in 600-liter tonneau, the rest in steel tank. Youthful, but with great promise."
The 2020 vintage comes from the multi-year transition phase to organic cultivation, so it was produced that way, but is not yet certified; this will only be the case from the 2022 vintage. There are only around 9,000 bottles of this delicacy available per vintage
Produced and bottled by: Domaine Paul Prieur & Fils, Route des Monts Damnés, 18300 VERDIGNY, France Produced in France - contains sulphites. Organic wine FR-BIO-01
