B. Millet, Sancerre “Le Chemin Blanc”

Week in and week out, we taste countless wines in search of those that cross the line from good to great. A key component of this is suspending disbelief—meaning, in this case, that it is possible for a modestly priced Sancerre to be truly great, as opposed to something to sip absentmindedly in a bistro.Sancerre is a world-class white wine terroir by any measure, though its prices rarely reflect that. The best analog may by Chablis, which Sancerre resembles both physically and in market perception; in the case of today’s wine, there’s also a strong stylistic kinship. B. Millet’s Sancerre “Le Chemin Blanc” is a wine that is firstly place, then grape. It’s a party of oyster shells and serious texture, a flawless figure-eight of minerality that speaks like top-notch Burgundy. This vibrant style of terroir-forward Sancerre is part of a renaissance associated with names like Domaine Vacheron; Claude and Sébastien Riffault; and the Cotat brothers (to name a few). Interestingly aligned with a