Cross above Chavignol with Sancerre in distance 

 Côte des Monts Damnés looking down on Chavignol (above and below)

 Sign for La Maison des Sancerres with landscape behind

 Panorama and landscape

Some reports on the 2011 vintage in Sancerre and Pouilly to be posted tomorrow.

 Small commune of Amigny, part of the commune of Sancerre, and just to the west of the town 

Series of photos taken on the evening of Thursday 22nd September in a soft, warming light.

 Amigny and some of its vineyards

 Amigny with more vineyards

 Le Cul de Beaujeu  

Although the Côte de Monts Damnés is better known, Chavignol has another equally good and equally steep vineyard – Le Cul de Beaujeu. Similarly terres blanches (clay and limestone), it lies just to the south of the village and like Les Monts Damnés towers over Chavignol. Cul de Beaujeu wines from the Cotats and Gérard Boulay are often amongst the top Sancerres – powerful but with a strong minerality.         

 Vines above Chavignol, Hotel Côte de Monts Damnés and the Monts Damnés

 Looking east from above Chavignol (south of the village) towards Sancerre

Western part of Sancerre with Saint-Andelain in the middle distance   

 Vineyards and the railway viaduct at Saint-Satur

 

Bar sign in the hotel

If you are looking for a hotel in Sancerre then La Côte des Monts Damnés, run by Karine and Jean-Marc Bourgeois, is certainly the best choice.