The Planchon family is one of the oldest vigneron families in Sancerre. The name first appeared in the village historical archives in 1573 with the marriage of Jean Planchon to Jeanne Vatan. Prior to this they were vignerons in Herault, South of France. They never bottled any of their fruit until Matthias came along!

Matthias trained briefly with Alphonse Mellot and Geantet Pansiot in Burgundy, before taking over from his dad in 2012. He intended to continue exactly like his father, but he wasn’t tolerating the treatments he was applying in the vineyards and was sick all the time.

In 2013, there was no choice but to convert to organic farming. While Matthias was feeling much better, he didn’t notice any major improvement in the vineyards. He naturally leaned towards biodynamic farming in 2018 and straight away he saw a big impact on the vigour of his vines,

If there is just one thing to know about Matthias, it’s his incredible drive towards excellence. He also has a deep respect for his family heritage. Having Planchon on a bottle of Sancerre means capturing the ultimate quality of his terroir. For this reason, he continued to sell the crop to a local negociant until he reached the quality of grapes he was aiming at. It also allowed him to build his winery right in the middle of “Lieu dit Le Paradis”,

He owns 5ha of vineyards, but he doesn’t vinify everything yet. Being pragmatic, the production will scale up gradually. Half of the terroir rests on Silex (Terroir Perruches) and half on limestone. Except for 1 ha of Pinot Noir in Les Herses, everything else is Sauvignon Blanc.

Matthias is not in a hurry; he wants to go step by step and grow production along with his ability to make the wines AND sell them! He is choosing to only make site specific wines and very long ageing on the lees. 10 to 12 months for the first vintages but 2021 will be 18 months.

We are excited to share our journey with Matthias who is only 31 years old and at the beginning of a bright future.