71 The Gueneau family run this small estate in the heart of Sancerre producing exemplary white and rosé wines of great clarity and typicity. Their estate is comprised of 16 hectares of AOC vineyards planted on the steep slopes that surround the villages of Sury-en-Vaux, Chavignol and Sancerre. 80% of their vines are planted in the calcareous clay soils known locally as “terres blanches”, which gives the wine its body, richness and complexity. The remaining 20% are planted in “caillottes” also referred to as “griottes”, stony soils that lend lovely fruity notes to the wine. They do everything they can to take an environmentally responsible approach in preserving their unique terroir. www.sancerre-gueneau.com Alain Gueneau Vines have covered the area of the Cailbourdin Domaine for over a thousand years. Today Alain Cailbourdin carries on the wine-making tradition. Under his direction the wines of the Domaine have earned many accolades, exploiting the terroir to the ultimate, to produce very different styles of Pouilly Fumé from each of his varied terroirs. Domaine Cailbourdin www.domaine-cailbourdin.com L O I R E VA L L E Y L O I R E VA L L E Y Elise & Alain Gueneau Loic & Alain Cailbourdin