DOMAINE DELAPORTE Sancerre Silex Blanc 2023 750ml

Short Description

A refined French Sauvignon Blanc from Sancerre, Loire Valley, produced by Domaine Delaporte. Elegant, mineral, and textured, with white flowers, citrus, exotic fruit, acacia, chalky minerality, subtle wood notes, fresh acidity, and a silky rounded finish. Perfect with oysters, seafood, shellfish, grilled fish, goat cheese, vegetarian dishes, sushi, sashimi, pork, and light Asian cuisine. The 2023 Silex Blanc is made from Sauvignon Blanc grown on flint soils from old vines over 40 years old, with organic viticulture, manual harvest, and ageing in large 2,000L casks.

Product Highlights

Full Product Description

Domaine Delaporte Sancerre Silex Blanc 2023 is a premium French white wine from Sancerre in the Loire Valley, made from Sauvignon Blanc grown on flint-rich soils. This Silex cuvée comes from old vines over 40 years old and is certified organic, giving the wine a refined, mineral-driven profile with extra depth and texture. The grapes are manually harvested, gently pressed, fermented in large oak barrels, and aged for 8 to 12 months in 2,000-liter casks.

The wine shows a pale gold colour and opens with delicate aromas of little white flowers, citrus, acacia, well-ripened exotic fruits, and minerals in the background. On the palate, it is silky, round, delicate, and complex, with a good balance between alcohol and acidity, gentle wood notes, mineral freshness, and a refined finish. Wine.com describes the 2023 Silex Blanc as an elegant expression of Sauvignon Blanc from Sancerre, with floral aromatics, silky texture, roundness, delicacy, and mineral complexity.

This is a great choice for customers looking for a more serious, textured, and mineral style of Sancerre rather than a simple crisp Sauvignon Blanc. Serve it with oysters, prawns, shellfish, grilled fish, seafood pasta, goat cheese, fresh salads, vegetarian dishes, sushi, sashimi, pork dishes, and light Asian-style cuisine.

Tasting Notes

Color: Pale gold
Aroma: White flowers, citrus, acacia, exotic fruit, subtle wood, chalky mineral notes
Palate: Silky, round, delicate, fresh, mineral, and refined, with balanced acidity and layered Sauvignon Blanc character
Finish: Clean, elegant, lightly mineral, textured, and persistent

Food Pairing

Best enjoyed with:

Oysters
Prawns
Seafood
Shellfish
Grilled fish
Seafood pasta
Goat cheese
Fresh salads
Vegetarian dishes
Sushi
Sashimi
Pork dishes
Light Asian dishes
Casual premium dinners

Serving Suggestion

Serve well chilled at around 8°C–10°C. Open just before serving to preserve its floral aromatics, citrus freshness, flinty minerality, and silky Sancerre texture.