Vineyards, and wines, have been changing in Sancerre, Pouilly and their satellites. The hilltop town of Sancerre can be seen above in the distance behind Jancis and Florencia. More on Saturday,
I enjoyed a whistle-stop tour of growers in the group of appellations and IGPs officially known as Centre-Loire earlier this month. I tasted wines from Sancerre and the similar-but-smaller Pouilly-Fumé appellation of course but also a Pouilly-sur-Loire made from Chasselas (not up to Switzerland’s best), Coteaux du Giennois, Menetou-Salon, Quincy, Reuilly and the newish, Gamay-dominated Châteaumeillant. I was shown on a map the location of the new IGPs Coteaux...