2007 Gerard Boulay Sancerre "Comtesse"
A Hedonist's Vatan or Cotat?
The 3rd vintage of a legend in the making...
Limited Quantity - Special Offer to Loire Supporters only!
Today I'm proud to offer the 2007 edition of a white wine that is not only a personal favorite, but a favorite of many of the Crush Crew.
I described the 2005 Comtesse as having "the outrageous concentration of an Egon Müller Auslese matched to the citrusy verve of a 96 white Burg."
Have no doubt: The "Comtesse" is to Sancerre what Ferrari is to automobiles, or Mario Cippolini was to the pro cycling peloton. This is very special juice sourced from 50-year-old vines in Sancerre's famed "Monts Damnés" vineyard - only a few barrels are made each year. This is one of the grandest and perhaps most outrageous expressions of Sauvignon Blanc on earth.
If the '05 was dazzling, full-throttle, technicolor, satiny and luscious and 2006 was ripe as all get-out, the 2007 "Comtesse" shows more definition, a more muscular architecture with a denser yet crisper palate. The nose is absolutely explosive - supercharged green citrus paired with ripe grapefruit, peach, flowers and honeydew melon. The fireworks continue on the palate with lime supported by a bright and cooling chalky-white minerality. The purity of the fruit and the perfumed ocean-water minerality are just mesmerizing and in 2007, it is absolutely crystal clear.
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The 2005 flew off the shelves and requests for more had to be turned down. The 2006 was even more difficult - and bottles had to be doled out. While we've been able to secure more for 2007, quantities are still so limited that we've had to focus this offering *only* to those of you who have supported our Loire Valley program.
Looking back, this makes perfect sense because the lux-cuvée Comtesse has put Gérard Boulay on a plain with Sancerre's finest producers, right up there with "Sancerre Savants" Edmond Vatan, the Cotats, and Thomas-Labaille.
I'll keep this (relatively) short because we have but a few cases of this super-Sancerre to offer. To order, please call the store as soon as possible at (212) 980-9463 or click below.
