A Serious Sancerre Has Appeared

🌬️ Breeze · 🪨 Stone

Most Sancerre is built for patios.
This isn’t.

This is the kind of Sancerre that leans closer to white Burgundy — richer, broader, and actually worth paying attention to. Old vines in Monts Damnés, one of the steepest and most serious sites in the appellation, farmed the hard way because there’s no other option. The result: texture, depth, and a wine that evolves in the glass instead of disappearing.

The lineup:
2023 Thomas-Labaille “Les Monts Damnés”
2024 Thomas-Labaille “Les Monts Damnés”
2024 “Cuvée Buster”

The bottle set, revealed.

From the archives (Louis/Dressner):
Importer of benchmark Loire producers and historic Sancerre estates.

“Cotat… and my friend Claude.”

That tradition is preserved by the Labaille family.

Old vines from the brutal slopes of Monts Damnés
Leesy texture with real weight
Finishes long, salty, and quietly powerful

Claim the Drop

$139 • Reg $160

Includes tasting notes

Very limited.

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"The Sancerres of Monts Damnés"

A card earned. A drop remembered.

Earned on purchase

Thomas-Labaille Sancerre — 3pk

$139.00 $160.00

This is not everyday Sancerre.
It’s the kind collectors quietly hoard.

Very limited

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The producer

Thomas-Labaille farms the demanding slopes of Les Monts Damnés in Chavignol with a rigor that matches the site's reputation. Their Sancerre is imported by Louis/Dressner — a guarantee of quality for anyone who follows the natural wine world — and represents a style of Loire Sauvignon Blanc that is as far from supermarket Sancerre as possible.

The energy

Breeze primary — Les Monts Damnés is one of the most exposed, wind-driven sites in Sancerre. The climate shapes the wine's tautness and aromatic precision as surely as the limestone beneath. Stone secondary — the Kimmeridgian limestone of Chavignol's grands crus delivers a mineral intensity that gives this Sancerre its weight and its presence.