Only 3 cases left of this 2009 White Burgundiy:
"The 2009s are opulent, with lush fruit and round, ample profiles...The style of 2009 will have broad appeal for wine lovers because of their ripe, pure fruit flavors and fleshy textures. - Wine Spectator
This is a fabulous, stylish white French
Burgundy. Pour this into a goblet and
catch those Chardonnay nuances of honey and citrus and
mineral notes wafting up your nose.
I know there are a lot of people who know the
name Pouilly-Fuissé. 100% Chardonnay Pouilly
Fuissé comes from the Maconnais, an area
which is part of southern Burgundy. There
isn't actually a commune named Pouilly
Fuisse, but there is a commune named Fuissé
and its vineyards can use the name Pouilly
Fuissé.
There are three other communes (villages and
their surrounding vineyards) who can use the
name also: Vergisson, Solutré-Pouilly and
Chaintre. To make things even more enticing,
Pouilly Fuissé les Chailloux is from a
special, tiny little climat and can be added to the label to signify it comes from this specially defined plot.
A climat is a parcel of land officially
recognized as having superior terroir which
is part of a vineyard.
Auvigue's Pouilly Fuissé les Chailloux
has lively acidity. I love acidity in a wine;
it wards off that flabby, flat taste that
makes a wine lifeless. Acidity defines a wine
and gives it clarity, definition and
freshness.
But, do you know what else I like about this
wine? Its purity of taste - from the time it
hits your tongue for the first time and
swirls all the way around your mouth to the
last tail of it down your throat - nothing
but pure, great fruit and mineral
flavors. That's
one of
the reasons we know Jean-Pierre Auvigue is
such a great winemaker.
I dare you to keep this in your cellar for
longer than a few weeks or one really, really good
party. Better take two cases. Cynthia
Hurley
