J. de Villebois, Sancerre (Loire Valley, France) 2017

 This is terrific Sancerre from an excellent producer whose wines are just showing up in the USA, thanks to an importing agreement with Vineyard Brands.  Although it will be significantly better with a few more years of bottle age (trust me, regardless of the widespread notion that un-oaked white wines are always better the younger one drinks them), this is already quite compelling stuff, especially when allowed to warm a bit.  Taut with acidity and underlain by prominent minerality, it loosens with airing and warming to show wonderful aromas and flavors with citrus fruits at the core, but also accents of white flowers, lime zest, oyster shells and wet stones.  Lithe and lovely and alluringly mineral, this is very seductive stuff.