I do not have an older cellar selection this Sunday -
Back next week with that. But good White Burgundy for
the summer what is more timely than that on Memorial
Day?
2008 White Burgundies:
"...sweet and sexy and nicely reflective of
their sites." Allen Meadows,
Burghound
This is a fabulous, stylish white French
Burgundy Pour this into a goblet and
catch those 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 Burgundy, but south of
the Cote d'Or (home to Meursault etc.). 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. 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, grea tfruit 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, good
party. Better take two cases. Cynthia
Hurley
