Domaine Claude Lafond

The appellations of Reuilly and Quincy are twin sisters in between Sancerre and Montlouis in the southern Loire. Coincidentally, both Domaine Lafond, a leading light in Reuilly, and Domaine Mardon in Quincy, are run by women. Nathalie Lafond, has carried on the work of her father Claude with as much fervor as he. (Without him, the entire appellation of Reuilly might have fallen into obscurity.) As in Quincy, the reds here are made from Pinot Noir (or Baco Noir) and the whites are, of course, Sauvignon blanc.

Two of Domaine Lafond’s wines are specialties at the SAQ: their brilliant sauvignon, Clos des Messieurs and their pinot noir Les Grandes Vignes, which offers spectacular value. The Guide des Vin de France by Bettane and Desseauve notes that “this key domain of Indre produces well-made wines of a beautiful constancy.”