Saint Pourçain
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Very pale, clear and dry white wine with a faint note of elderflower on the nose. Mid-palate, there is wonderfully crisp, citric fruit backed by brine and flint undertones with a clean, fresh finish.
- Bottle £9.50
- Bottle Case £99.00
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Delicate, light, decently dry quaffable rosé, the Saint Pourçain La Chinière offers a soft rose petal bouquet and pleasantly crisp acidity on the palate.
- Bottle £9.50
- Bottle Case £99.00
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Designed for early drinking, this supple red Loire wine displays raspberry and violet aromas followed by light, redcurrant fruit on the palate.
- Bottle £9.50
- Bottle Case £99.00
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Saint Pourcain Wine - Buy Wine from the Saint Pourcain Region of France
When I was much younger and a far better listener than I am today, Mr Yapp senior never tired of telling me that: ‘Anyone can buy grand wines on a grand budget; the real skill lies in tracking down good inexpensive wines’. As he would be the first tell you, he was right, and (credit where it’s due) it was he who first sourced wines from the ultra-reliable Union des Vignerons
cave co-opérative in Saint-Pourçain sur Sioule back in the early 1970’s.
This land-locked area of central France is as geographically close to the Rhône and Burgundy as it is to the Loire. It has been annexed to the Loire for wine classification purposes because the Sioule is a tributary of the Allier, which is itself a tributary of the Loire.
The Union des Vignerons is an excellent ‘one-stop-shop’ as it furnishes good white, rosé and red wines, all three of which are well-made and competitively-priced.