2018 | Les Poete | Orphee

A beautifully precise dry white with citrus notes of lime, bitter orange and exotic fruits.

Producer Information

Guillaume Sorbe is the Loire valley’s newest young star. In 2007, he began his Domaine in the Cher producing white, rosé, and red wines from the Touraine, Quincy, and Reuilly appellations. Guillaume comes from a family of viticulturalists and his father Jean-Michel had vineyards in Quincy and Reuilly, but after it became apparent that his sons had no interest in continuing the family domain, he sold the vineyards in 2001. It was during this time that Guillaume was working in some of France’s finest restaurants both as a cook and a sommelier, but eventually, he says “the soul of a winemaker awoke in me”. He went to Beaune to study viticulture and oenology determined to return to the Loire valley and piece together a domain of his own. In 2007 after completing his studies he began to look for vineyards and soon found a plot of very old gamay vines on the right bank of the Cher river. He began there and has slowly patched together a tiny domain today of more than 25 single plots that he farms himself biodynamically. Only 7.5 hectares total are put into production so quantities are extremely small. Precision, freshness, and delicacy are the pursuit here and Guillaume believes that terroir is the most important thing, often citing his motto 'moins mais mieux' – 'less but better". Recently “crowned” and acclaimed by worldwide famous French wine critic Michel Bettane as a “future major world master of Sauvignon Blanc”, Guillaume is a real “vigneron” and winemaker.

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