Pouilly-Fumé 2022
AC, de Ladoucette, 375 ml
| Grape variety: | Sauvignon Blanc |
| Producer: | De Ladoucette au Château du Nozet |
| Origin: | France / Loire |
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Description
Ladoucette Pouilly-Fumé is one of the most famous Loire wines and is a classic among Sauvignon Blanc lovers. The intense and complex bouquet reveals aromas of acacia flowers, elderflower and lemon balm, which are complemented on the palate by citrus fruits and spicy herbs. The liveliness of this wine is enhanced by the pleasantly round flavour, while the structure provides it with a long finish. A terroir-emphasised wine with vibrant acidity.
Attributes
| Origin: | France / Loire |
| Grape variety: | Sauvignon Blanc |
| Ripening potential: | 2 to 4 years after harvest |
| Drinking temperature: | 12 to 14 °C |
| Food Pairing: | Oysters, Calamari alla romana, Moules à la marinière |
| Volume: | 13.5 % |
| Note: | Contains sulphites |
Sauvignon Blanc
The Sauvignon blanc can be recognized with your eyes closed. Its typical bouquet is marked by green notes: freshly cut grass, tomato bunches, gooseberry. Citrus fruits, cassis and flint join into the mix. In warmer latitudes it also shows exotic aromas, such as passion fruit. Its acidity is decidedly lively. In all likelihood, it comes from the Loire Valley, where it is vinified in Pouilly-Fumé and Sancerre in its purest form: varietally, and without timber. In the 18th century, it found its way to Bordeaux. Ambitious producers assemble it there with Sémillon into substantial whites, which are aged in oak barrels. The Sauvignon blanc has been a sensational success in the past 20 years in New Zealand. With its refreshing sweet-and-sour style, winemakers from down under have conquered the world. The rich Sauvignons from Styria and crisp examples of South Tyrol and Friuli are worth mentioning as well. It pairs with anything from the sea. Or do it like they do on the Loire, and enjoy it with goat cheese.
Loire
Loire: the regal wine river
The French refer to the river landscape of the Loire simply as “the garden of France.” It is no wonder that kings and the nobility built their magnificent chateaux here. At the same time, the Loire is a highly varied wine river. From Pouilly-sur-Loire in the east, to Nantes at the river’s outlet, into the Atlantic, the vineyards follow the river's course and yield highly distinctive wines from varieties such as Sauvignon Blanc, Chenin Blanc, Muscadet and the red Cabernet Franc..
France
France – Philosophy in a bottle
According to French philosophy, wine should be an expression of the soil and climate. They use the word “terroir” to describe this. Terroir makes every wine different, and many especially good. French wine is regarded worldwide as an expression of cultural perfection. The French believe that humans are responsible for the quality of the berries, the vine variety for their character, and nature for the quantity. This philosophy can be expressed succinctly as: “the truth is the vineyard, not the man.”
