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The appellation of Sancerre is located at the eastern-most edge of the Loire Valley’s vineyard area, and is composed of a maximum of 2,500 permitted hectares.

This estate stretches over 20 of those hectares, and dates back to around 1850 when it was founded by François Champault, who passed it on to his son Stanislas Champault. This tradition of wine-growing savoir-faire being passed from father to son has been repeated for several generations of the Champault family.

Roger Champault was the fifth generation to govern this family business, who has since bestowed the privilege to his two sons, Claude and Laurent—with Claude as winemaker and Laurent managing the vineyards.

When Roger first inherited the estate, he only owned two hectares, but slowly he has acquired further parcels and planted new vines. Sauvignon Blanc vines now cloak the hills of the old winegrower's village of Champtin, rooted among the terroir’s signature soils of chalk, limestone-gravel, and silex.

Sancerre once produced light reds, but after phylloxera devastated the region, European varieties were grafted onto American root stocks, and Sauvignon Blanc proved the most responsive. Hence, this is now the celebrated varietal of the appellation.

The French Ministry of Agriculture has awarded Roger Champault’s estate a ‘High Environmental Value’ certificate, or HVE, which is granted to wineries that demonstrate respect for the environment, based the categories of fostering biodiveristy, sustainable practices and treatment control, waste water treatment, and general waste treatment.