Domaine Henry Marionnet 'Vinifera' Sauvignon Blanc 2020

Name: Domaine Henry Marionnet 'Vinifera' Sauvignon Blanc
Brand: Domaine Henry Marionnet
SKU: S004784
Price: 228 HKD
Availability: InStock

4.4

HK$228

750ml

Bottle

Vintage Character
Domaine Henry Marionnet Vinifera Sauvignon Blanc 2020 is a Vin de France from the Loire Valley that stands apart through its use of ungrafted Sauvignon Blanc vines, a rarity in modern European viticulture. The 2020 vintage in the Loire was generally warm and dry, yielding healthy fruit with generous ripeness balanced by the region’s natural freshness, making this an especially attractive, expressive year for crisp whites. Sourced in Touraine from the estate’s franc de pied plantings on sandy, silex-influenced soils, the wine channels both purity of fruit and the vivid mineral tension that gives Loire Sauvignon its signature energy.

Tasting Profile & Food Pairing
The nose opens with grapefruit, lime zest, green apple and white peach, layered with elderflower, fresh herbs and a lightly flinty note. On the palate, it is dry, bright and precise, with lively acidity, a supple mid-palate from lees contact, and a clean, stony finish that adds persistence without heaviness. Its combination of citrus snap and subtle texture makes it a natural partner for goat’s cheese salad, grilled sea bass with lemon, or sushi and sashimi.

Winery Background
Domaine Henry Marionnet is one of the Loire’s most distinctive family estates, celebrated for reviving pre-phylloxera ideas through vineyards planted franc de pied, without American rootstocks. Henry Marionnet and his son Jean-Sébastien have long championed low-intervention farming and cellar work designed to let site and variety speak with minimal cosmetic winemaking. Handled with a restrained approach that favors careful fruit selection, native-leaning fermentations and élevage that preserves freshness rather than oak imprint, the Vinifera range offers a compelling glimpse of Sauvignon Blanc through a historical lens few producers can match.