Winemaker Notes
This wine is a marvelous match with shellfish, fish, white meats, and goat cheese. For example, turbot with spinach and feta cheese or goat cheese with toasted sesame seeds.
Professional Ratings
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Wilfred Wong of Wine.com
COMMENTARY: The 2021 Henri Bourgeois Pouilly-Fumé La Porte de l'Abbaye is true-to-type. This wine exhibits aromas and flavors of earthy notes, dried citrus, rosemary, and forest floor. Pair it with seared sea scallops, red leaf lettuce, sliced red onions, and tangerine. (Tasted: February 1, 2023, San Francisco, CA)
Capable of a vast array of styles, Sauvignon Blanc is a crisp, refreshing variety that equally reflects both terroir and varietal character. Though it can vary depending on where it is grown, a couple of commonalities always exist—namely, zesty acidity and intense aromatics. This variety is of French provenance. Somm Secret—Along with Cabernet Franc, Sauvignon Blanc is a proud parent of Cabernet Sauvignon. That green bell pepper aroma that all three varieties share is no coincidence—it comes from a high concentration of pyrazines (herbaceous aromatic compounds) inherent to each member of the family.
Famous in the Loire and throughout the world for perfumed Sauvignon blanc, Pouilly-Fume sits due east, across the Loire River from Sancerre. Limestone soils with clay and flint (also called silex) contribute to the wines' freshness and often times smoky, flinty, mineral character.