Daniel Chotard
The Chotard family cultivate a number of vineyard sites comprising 15 hectares spread around Reigny in Sancerre, on a combination of Kimmerigdian clay/limestone and pebbly Oxfordian soils. Simon and Juliette are the current generation, following in the footsteps of the original custodians Marcel and his brother Henri and Simon's parents Daniel and Brigitte. Firm believers in la lutte raisonnée the wines are good benchmarks of Sancerre quality, be it white, red or rosé. They have been organically certified since 2019 and look to create wines that that respect the AOC tradition, the environment and the typical characteristics of the grape varieties. Simon experiments with oak and acacia wood maturation on some top cuvées, but the commercial heart is the traditionally focused Classique range. Sitting above these are a range of specific single site terroir-based Sancerre such as Marcel Henri and Les Cris.
