A few miles southwest of Sancerre, in the village of Bué, Francois Crochet’s family has been making wine for generations. In fact, he grew up amongst the vines, learning the ins and outs of viticulture from his father and grandfather. As a young man, he studied at the wine school in Beaune, and then gained experience abroad and elsewhere in France before coming back to Bué to make wine at the family estate. Working in a traditional manner, but still embracing modern technology, the vineyards are plowed, the grapes and handpicked and sorted, and then fermented in temperature controlled stainless steel tanks. Such techniques allow Crochet to produce an elegant, soft, terroir driven Rosé with a lot of personality and complexity. Production at the estate is very small, which makes the wines very exclusive, and this Rosé is no exception. Not much of it is distributed to the US, so we are very lucky to be offering it to you today. I particularly love this Rosé because it's summer and perfectly delicious to drink right now, but if you are patient, it also has the potential to sit in the bottle for a year or two and be even more enchanting.