Chateau de la Presle is a super little estate in the Touraine that's making classic Sauvignon Blanc together with a fistful of other varietal wines. Run by the Meurgey-Penet family, the vineyards of Chateau de la Presle are tended in as natural a manner as possible which allows them to produce wines of fantastic purity that demonstrate each variety's true charcteristics to perfection. Frederick Meurgey is Burgundian by birth and he has brought his passion for classic white wine to Chateau de la Presle, a passion born in him, for his father was Henri Meurgey, one of Beaune's best known and most respected wine men. However, these are simple wines, not like the great growths of the Cote d'Or, but nevertheless they are quite sublime and the purity that is demonstrated by the Sauvignon Blanc would allow it grace any table on any occasion.