Philippe Raimbault, Sancerre "Apud Sariacum", 2025 so032725 albarino offer not the ice bucket

not the ice bucket

First produced in 1928

then bottled at 100 proof

accented by notes of dried herbs

That backstory is the whole point: the fruit comes from pedigreed old-vine holdings that used to feed some of Burgundy's most celebrated cuvees

Philippe Raimbault, Sancerre "Apud Sariacum", 2025 so032725 albarino offer not the ice bucketApud Sariacum is what Sury en Vaux was called before the 12th century, and the wine is a portrait of that village: Sauvignon Blanc off steep slopes of caillottes, the pebbly Jurassic limestone responsible for Sancerre's steely, chalk driven side. Philippe Raimbault is a ninth generation grower there, just north of Verdigny, with vines on both banks of the Loire and parcels in Pouilly Fum and Coteaux du Giennois as well. 2025 was an early, dry year in