2023 Francis Blanchet Pouilly-Fumé Cuvée Silice

WSI93+ Wet rocks, flint on the nose. Blanchet’s Pouilly-Fumé is 100% Sauvignon Blanc and has a nice balance of ripeness and crisp acidity with vibrant citrus fruit and a clean, mineral-driven finish. Hints of grapefruit notes throughout. A great Sancerre for the price!
Pair with goat cheese; fish soup; Thai or Vietnamese cuisine.
A single-vineyard selection from a 100% flint-stone plot outside the hamlet of Les Berthiers, near Pouilly-sur-Loire. The vineyard sits on a slope and faces southeast. Some of the vineyard’s flint rocks are the size of grapefruit; when you strike two together, the smell is unmistakably that of firecracker smoke. 35 year old vines. Hand-harvested. Pressed full cluster; fermented and aged on fine lees in temperature-controlled, stainless steel tanks