By Domaine Beausejour
2022 'Les Silex' AOC Touraine Sauvignon Blanc

Vineyard Details
Origin: Loire
Appellation: Touraine
Terroir: Clay-limestone and flint soils
Surface Area: 20 hectares
Average Vine Age: 25 years old
Farming: Sustainable farming practices

Vineyard Notes
On the banks of the Cher River, the vineyards of Domaine Beausejour, featuring an average of 25-year-old vines, stretch over 20 hectares of top soils comprised of clay-limestone and sand, with subsoils of clay and flint. This flinty soil is known as 'Silex' (one of the three main soil subtypes found in Sancerre) and produces a long-lived wine with a distinctive stony minerality with a gunflint quality.

Winemaking Notes
After the grapes are harvested, sorted, and pressed, the juice goes through temperature-controlled fermentations followed by aging on its lees with regular batonnage (lees stirring).

Technical Details
Blend: 100% Sauvignon Blanc
Alcohol: 12.50%
Residual Sugar: Less than 1%
[Information provided by Serge Dore Selections]

Domaine Beausejour, Les Silex, Touraine, Loire, France 2022
Tasted by Jim Budd (at Touraine, France, 19 Mar 2023)
Part of Loire whites 2022 plus top new releases
Drinking Window: 2023 - 2030
Points: 94
Producer: Domaine Beausejour
Brand: Les Silex
Vintage: 2022
Wine Type: Still 
Colour: White
Country: France
Region: Loire
Appellation: Touraine
Sweetness: Dry
Closure: Cork
Alcohol: 12.50%
Body: Full
Oak: Unoaked
Grapes: 100% Sauvignon Blanc
This is the first vintage from brothers Arnaud and Alberic Lechat, who took over from Philippe Trotignon, the fourth generation of the family to run the domaine. Characterised by both ripe stone fruit and exotic fruit, this shows a round texture in the mouth and flavours of mango and pineapple. This is quite a rich style of Touraine Sauvignon Blanc and is certainly an impressive start for the Lechat brothers. Domaine Beausejour, based in Noyers-sur-Cher, has 20ha of vines, with the majority planted with Sauvignon Blanc as well as one hectare of Sauvignon Rose.

DOMAINE BEAUSEJOUR Touraine Sauvignon 'Les Silex' 2022
Rating: 92
Vintage: 2022
Drink: 2023-2025
Country: France
Region: Loire Valley
Appellation: Touraine
Value: $50
Importer: Serge Dore Selections
Report Date: June, 2023
Editor: J. D'Angelo
The 2022 'Les Silex' Sauvignon is an excellent showing in this vintage. It delivers inviting aromas of gooseberries, lime, citrus, dried herbs and crushed stones. On the palate the [sic] is clean, balanced and focused, with notable a lovely mouthfeel, that is backed by [a] gorgeous combination [of] acidity and minerality that persists through the finish.

Domaine Beausejour 2022 Les Silex Sauvignon Blanc Sauvignon Blanc (Touraine)
From: Touraine, Loire Valley, France
Rating: 91
Winery: Domaine Beausejour
Region: Loire Valley
Alcohol: 12.5%
Variety: Sauvignon Blanc
Wine Type: White
Bottle Size: 750 ml
Issue Date: 12/1/2023
Pale lemon in color, it has a nose of just-ripened green apple, dried herbs and hay. The wine reveals some minerality on the front palate, complemented by green fruit and notes of dill and honeysuckle, which add welcome depth.
Reviewed By: Reggie Solomon