Domaine Henry Marionnet ★ 4.6
Soings-en-Sologne family estate of 58 hectares mainly Gamay and Sauvignon, with 5.5 hectares of franc-de-pied (ungrafted) plantings and the 200-year-old Provignage Romorantin vine.
Tasting: Visits and tastings at the Domaine de la Charmoise; one of the few growers with ungrafted parcels
Signature wines: marionnet-premiere-vendange, marionnet-vinifera, marionnet-provignage
Tip: Provignage is bottled from a 200-year-old plot of ungrafted pre-phylloxera Romorantin vines at Domaine de la Charmoise (one of the few documented pre-phylloxera plots in France).