Gerard Boulay, Sancerre La Cote, 2024 ALSACEJURASWISSCT0126 Ginestra Casa Maté is the

Ginestra Casa Maté is the estate's south-facing block inside the celebrated Ginestra cru

but Louis Barruol (the Rhône hand behind Château de Saint Cosme)

Aged in cuve and old barrels for 9 months

Grand Cru quality site for decades

Farming organically in Vittoria's limestone and sand — a world apart from Etna's volcanoes — she proves that low-intervention means purity

Gerard Boulay, Sancerre La Cote, 2024 ALSACEJURASWISSCT0126 Ginestra Casa Maté is theLa Cote comes from La Grande Cote, a distinct Chavignol slope with its own personalitya southeast facing site on chalky terre blanche, the pale Kimmeridgian marl that Sancerre lovers chase. Where Boulay's other single vineyard bottlings lean toward power or structure, this one is all about tension and clarity: the most linear and high toned of the four, with laser focus rather than weight. Boulay farms it organically and vinifies it simplynative