Winemaker Notes
Professional Ratings
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James Suckling
Apples, lemons, smoke and some herbs on the nose follow through to a medium body with fresh acidity. Sliced pears and green apple character on the palate with plenty of lemons towards the refreshing and salivating finish.
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Wine Enthusiast
This Pouilly-Fumé has a fresh character at the outset and becomes more complex on the finish. The wine has a perfumed nose of fresh green apple, quince, honey and Bosc pear. Softly textured on the midpalate, the wine is dominated by green fruit and dried white blossom.
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Wine Spectator
A herbaceous version, with a deep vein of verbena and cooling alpine herbs as richness moves in, showing smoke and white mocha notes. There's a pleasingly bitter cut to the taut finish, which offers flint and lime zest accents. Drink now. 3,500 cases made, 3,500 cases imported.
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.