Gaspard

Gaspard Sauvignon Blanc White Wine 2023

$25.00

Style: Dry, light-to-medium-bodied white, with the clean citrus and herbal freshness typical of central Loire Sauvignon Blanc; the six months on lees in stainless steel add a gentle textural roundness without weight or oak influence
Grapes & terroir: 100% Sauvignon Blanc from organically and sustainably farmed vines aged 10 to 60 years on clay-limestone soils in Touraine, central Loire Valley, France; hand-harvested; no synthetic inputs; clay retains moisture through dry periods; limestone contributes mineral tension and natural drainage; the semi-maritime climate of Touraine moderates summer heat and extends the growing season, preserving the grape's natural citrus and herbal aromatics
Winemaking: Hand-harvested; gentle pressing; 48-hour cold settling (débourbage); spontaneous fermentation with indigenous yeasts; six months on lees in stainless steel; no oak; lightly filtered; unfined; minimal added sulfites
Serving temperature & decanting: Serve well chilled at 46–50°F; no decanting needed; best within 2–3 years of vintage
Pairing: Crottin de Chavignol (Loire Valley goat cheese)
Similar to: Touraine Sauvignon Blanc from Domaine de la Charmoise, unoaked Sancerre in a lighter style, New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc from the Marlborough region in a leaner, mineral expression

Gaspard Sauvignon Blanc White Wine 2023 is a dry white wine made from 100% Sauvignon Blanc sourced from organically and sustainably farmed vineyards in Touraine in France's central Loire Valley. Vines range from 10 to 60 years old, planted on clay-limestone soils. After gentle pressing, the must settles for 48 hours before spontaneous fermentation with indigenous yeasts. Gaspard Sauvignon Blanc White Wine 2023 ages for six months on lees in stainless steel with no oak contact, then is bottled lightly filtered, unfined, and with only minimal sulfite additions. 12% ABV. Vin de France.

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Gaspard Sauvignon Blanc White Wine 2023

$25.00

Producer profile

Gaspard

Gaspard is a house label created by Jenny Lefcourt under the Jenny & François Selections umbrella, her New York-based natural wine import company, which she co-founded in 2000 with her then-husband François Ecot. Lefcourt grew up in New York and landed in Paris as a Harvard PhD student in French literature and film. Her introduction to natural wine came by chance — a wine shop owner invited her off the street and poured her a cloudy Chenin Blanc from the Loire Valley that changed her understanding of what wine could be. Within a few years, she had abandoned academia to import and distribute natural wine in the United States at a time when the category was almost entirely unknown to American drinkers.

Ecot, who grew up near Paris and studied winemaking in Beaune, shared Lefcourt's philosophy: seek out artisan growers who farm organically and intervene as little as possible in the cellar. By 2004, Jenny & François had grown from a side project run out of suitcases brought back from France into a recognized national importer reaching restaurants and shops across New York and beyond.

Gaspard was created as Jenny & François' answer to an accessible everyday Loire wine. The name and the label artwork — designed by Madlen Herrstrom, a Swedish artist based in Paris — were chosen to reflect the character of the project: something small, carefully made, and genuine. Grapes for the Gaspard range are sourced from a trusted network of organic and sustainably farming growers in Touraine, central Loire Valley, with winemaking following the same principles as the rest of the Jenny & François portfolio — indigenous yeasts, minimal additions, no fining, no heavy filtration.

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Wine region

Loire Valley, France

Touraine sits at the heart of the Loire Valley in central France, a broad agricultural and viticultural zone centered on the city of Tours, roughly 150 miles southwest of Paris. The region takes its name from the ancient Turones people who inhabited this stretch of the Loire before Roman settlement, and its landscape of gentle hills, river valleys, and limestone cliffs has been shaped by the Loire and its tributaries over millennia. It is one of the Loire's most historically important wine zones, and its gentle, temperate climate earned the broader Loire Valley the French nickname "Garden of France."

The soils of Touraine are complex and varied. Beneath much of the region lies the soft white limestone known as tuffeau, which forms the plateau and hillsides and gives many wines from the area a chalky, stony mineral character. Above the tuffeau sit layers of clay, flint (locally called perruches), sand, and gravel in varying proportions depending on the specific location. The clay-limestone soils from which the Gaspard Sauvignon Blanc is sourced are well-distributed across the Touraine flatlands and hillsides, providing good drainage from the limestone while the clay retains enough moisture to sustain vines through the warm, dry summers.

The climate is semi-maritime: mild winters, warm summers moderated by the river's influence, and generally reliable rainfall spread across the year. Sauvignon Blanc has a long history in Touraine — the Touraine Sauvignon AOC covers the appellation specifically for wines of this variety — and the combination of clay-limestone soils and a relatively cool growing season compared to more southerly French regions produces wines with naturally high acidity, pronounced citrus and herbal aromatics, and a mineral freshness that makes Touraine one of the most reliable regions in France for approachable, food-friendly Sauvignon Blanc.

Frequently asked question

When is my order shipping?

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We will process and ship your order in 2-3 business days, you will receive a shipping confirmation email with tracking as soon as the Carrier scans the shipping label.

Ground shipping time depends on location, here's a breakdown:

West Coast: 1-2 business days
Midwest: 3-4 business days
East Coast: 5 business days

Process time is not shipping time. Shipping time starts from the days successive to the day of shipping, after the order has been processed.

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2) Consolidate the returned package with your next order: this option is free of charge and it's the most popular option.

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