Retour Domaine Serge Laloue - Côtes de la Charité - Chardonnay - White - 2023
COUNTRY/REGION: Loire Valley
DESIGNATION: IGP Côtes de la Charité
COLOR: White
VINTAGE: 2023
GRAPE VARIETY: 100% Chardonnay
ALCOHOL: 13 vol.
CONTENT: 75 cl
The tasting
Color Bright pale yellow with luminous highlights.
Nose A Chardonnay nose with Loire accents marked by a shell-like but also mineral aspect with a fresh and precise floral touch.
Palate A wine revealing a tangy finish, with ripe fruity notes, balanced and taut, offering plenty of freshness and dynamism.
The sommelier's advice
Temperature Serve between 10 and 12°C.
Food Ideal as an aperitif, with seafood or fish.
Cellar ageing From now until 2028
The estate and the wine
The estate and the wine A quiet star of Sancerre, brought to light by our VALAP Selection Committee, Domaine Serge Laloue stands out for its pure, crystalline expressions that embody the very best the appellation has to offer.

Rooted in top-quality clay-limestone soils, Franck and Christine Laloue have elevated this family estate to new heights, crafting crisp, fruit-driven whites and radiant, finely textured reds. These are wines of precision and clarity—benchmark examples of what great Sancerre should be.
Wine A benchmark Chardonnay, the 2023 IGP Côtes de la Charité Chardonnay White delivers a beautifully textured, mineral-driven wine with a fresh, finely tuned floral edge. Its crisp, citrus-lined structure is built around ripe fruit flavours, offering both tension and balance for a lively, refreshing finish. An ideal white for apéritif moments, or to pair with seafood and fish. Rated 91/100 by the VALAP Selection Committee.
Vinification Hand harvested, aged on lees for 10 months, 40% of which is in barrels.

Certified organic wine.
AWARDS
AWARDS Wine rated 91/100 by our committee!