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Pouilly Fumé
 

Pouilly Fumé has an unusual flavor for a dry white wine: a strong flavor of musk and smoked.

Pouilly sur Loire is a different wine made with Chasselas grape variety. It should be drunk young. When the phylloxera destroyed all the vines 2 centuries ago, vine growers replace them with Sauvignon to create the Pouilly Fumé. Nowadays Pouilly sur Loire makes less than 5% of the production of Pouilly.

Pouilly is very close from Sancerre, just on the other side of the river. However both wines are a little bit different. Pouilly Fumé is probably thicker, deeper and has more structure.

Do not confuse Pouilly Fumé with Pouilly Fuissé, a white wine from Burgundy.

 
Pouilly Fumé wine information :

Name:

Appellation Pouilly Fumé Controlée

Location:

Eastern part of the Loire Valley
East of Sancerre and Bourges

Places: Pouilly sur Loire, Saint Andelain, Tracy sur Loire, etc
Soil: Limestone
Clayey-limestone
Size: 850 ha (2,100 acres)
Production:

6 million bottles
White wine only!

Grapes:

Pouilly Fumé: Sauvignon

Pouilly sur Loire: Chasselas

Type of wines: Thick dry white wine
Age: 1 to 5 years
Vintages:
(recommended)
2003
Aromas:

Smoked
Broom
Acacia

Food:

Salmon
Chicken
Veal
Aperitif

Cheese:

 

Crottin de Chavignol

Next: Sancerre

 
More pages about Loire Valley :
Loire region

Wines from the Loire Valley :
Muscadet - Anjou - Coteaux du Layon - Saumur - Touraine - Bourgueil - Chinon - Vouvray - Pouilly Fumé - Sancerre

About Loire wine region :
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