Hubert Brochard Sancerre Rouge

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Wine Description

Domaine Hubert Brochard produces classically styled Sancerre blanc, rosé, and rouge from their family-owned winery in Chavignol. The domaine is now run by the fifth and sixth generation of Brochards with 152 acres under vine in Sancerre, Pouilly-Fumé, and Vin de Pays du Val de Loire.

The domaine is spread across eight communes. These diverse holdings give the Brochards a range of soils. Terres blanches, or Kimmeridgian marl, gives powerful wines. Silex, or flint, yields wines with a strong mineral character, and chalky caillottes bring attractive aromatics to the wines.

Sancerre Rouge comes from seven different communes in areas with deeper soils better suited to Pinot Noir. The average vine age is 40 years and harvest is done entirely by hand. The grapes are destemmed and receive a brief cold maceration before fermentation in stainless-steel tanks. The wine is aged for one year in used French oak barrels before bottling. 

Hubert Brochard barrels
Hubert Brochard bottles
View from the Vineyard
Hubert Brochard tanks
Brochard Family
Hubert Brochard facility
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Acclaim
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Vineyard & Production Info
Vineyard size
20 acres
Soil composition
Calcareous, Clay, and Stony
Elevation:
820 feet
Exposure:
Southeastern
Year vineyard planted:
1949-2000
Harvest time:
September-October
Bottles produced of this wine:
50,000
Average Vine Age:
40
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Winemaking & Aging
Prefermentation Technique:
Cold maceration
Time on its skins:
2 days
Maceration length:
20
Varietal composition:
100% Pinot Noir
Fermentation container:
Stainless steel tanks
Length of alcoholic fermentation:
20 days days
Fermentation temperature:
50-77 °F
Maceration technique:
Pumpovers
Malolactic fermentation:
Yes
Type of aging container:
Barriques
Size of aging container:
225 L
Type of oak:
French
Length of aging before bottling:
1 year
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Analytical Data
Alcohol:
13 %
Residual sugar:
1 g/L