Château La Rabotine

Raised in a Sancerre winegrowing family, Alban Roblin joined the estate in 2009 as the fourth generation and began developing its estate-bottled wines. The château was built around 1600 by the notary Louis Rabotin; Alban’s grandparents bought it in 1960, and the family was able to reunite it with the vineyard in 2010. Marion Roblin joined the estate in 2019.

Their 12 hectares are divided among 19 parcels, mainly around Sury-en-Vaux and Maimbray. The white-wine vines grow mostly on clay-limestone, with a smaller proportion on limestone; each parcel is handled separately. The family has stopped using herbicides as part of a move towards organic farming.