Domaine Mabillot, Reuilly, 2024

£23.90

Classic Loire Sauvignon from Reuilly: 25-year-old vines on Kimmeridgian limestone yield elderflower and citrus fruit with a saline finish.

elderflower
citrus
saline

At a glance

Producer: Domaine Mabillot
Region: Loire
Appellation: Reuilly
Grape: Sauvignon Blanc
Vintage: 2024
Country: France
Wine type: White
Size: 75.0cl

Taste profile

Body: Medium
Sweetness: Dry

What to eat with it

goat’s cheese (Crottin de Chavignol)
oysters
grilled white fish
crab salad

How to serve it

Serve: Lightly chilled (12–14°C)

Why Cave selected it

A precise, value-driven Loire Sauvignon from a small Reuilly estate; Kimmeridgian limestone and careful vineyard work deliver fresh fruit purity with a subtle saline edge that’s highly food‑friendly.

About the wine

From lower yields than is the norm in Sancerre, the 25yo vines planted in Kimmeridgian limestone with many shellfish fossils weathered out to the surface, give a wine with a good weight of elderflower fruit, and a lick of salinity on the finish.

About Domaine Mabillot

Reuilly is a small appellation in the heart of the Berry region totalling just over 200ha. The two Mabillot brothers now run the 8ha family domaine established by their father Alain in 1990. Their vines are planted on Kimmeridgian limestone-clay slopes where there is a lot of flints. To strengthen their ecological approach towards viticulture, they are one of only 20% of domaines in the appellation to plough their soils, reducing their yields as a consequence. Their Reuilly has a purity and intensity of fruit that you sadly find so rarely in Sancerre and Pouilly-Fumé where the wines are often throttled by too much sulphur.

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