Domaine Bailly-Reverdy farms 28 hectares in Bué in the Sancerre area, across the three emblematic soil types of the appellation. Les Monts Damnés is the most renowned lieu-dit in the whole Sancerre area: a steep south-east facing slope of Kimmeridgian terres blanches (blue clays with oyster fossils), giving Sauvignons of unrivalled breadth and complexity. Franck and Aurélien Bailly's vines there produce a single-plot Sancerre of great class, vinified in tank and aged on fine lees to reveal all the minerality of this exceptional soil. This Sancerre fully expresses the tension and depth of Les Monts Damnés. The nose opens on candied citrus, white peach and white flowers, with a stony minerality and a smoky touch recalling the Kimmeridgian terres blanches. On the palate, the attack is clean, the body broad and structured, carried by precise acidity. The finish is long, saline and persistent, with greater complexity and length than the entry-level wine. Scallops pan-seared in beurre blanc, sea bass baked in a salt crust, grilled spiny lobster, Crottin de Chavignol. Serve between 10 and 12 °C; 3 to 5 more years of fine ageing ahead.