Lauverjat/Karine Sancerre 2019

90 points John Gilman (View From the Cellar): "The regular bottling of Sancerre from the Lauverjat family is graced by a label with Karine Lauverjat’s name on it. The wine hails from thirty year-old vines and is fermented and raised in stainless steel. The 2019 offers up a fine bouquet of lime, gooseberry, limestone minerality, newly-mowed grass, white flowers and a bit of citrus oil in the upper register. On the palate the wine is crisp, full and rock solid at the core, with fine focus and grip, bright acids and fine backend mineral drive on the long and youthful finish. The intensity of flavor of the 2019 vintage in Sancerre is clearly on display here, and though this is quite drinkable already, it is still pretty tightly-wound structurally and could do with six months’ worth of additional bottle age. It is a fine bottle in the making. 2020-2027. (May/Jun 2020)"