Description
Region: Pouilly-Fumé, Loire Valley, France
Producer: Domaine de Ladoucette — a benchmark name in the appellation, vineyards on clay-limestone slopes around Château du Nozet
Vintage: 2024
Grape: Sauvignon Blanc
Type: Still white
Size: 75CL
Tasting Notes:
Fermented sur lie with regular bâtonnage and no oak contact, to preserve the grape's natural aromatics. Expect a fresh, pure Sauvignon Blanc with citrus and white fruit, the classic flinty Pouilly-Fumé minerality, and a clean, vibrant finish — a wine equally happy young or given a little time in the cellar.
Food pairing:
Western cuisine: Grilled fish, scallops, light goat cheese
Asian cuisine: Sushi, steamed fish, prawn dumplings
Ladoucette
World Class Sancerre and Pouilly Fumé
Over the half-century of his tenureship at Domaines de Ladoucette, Baron Patrick de Ladoucette has become one of the most influential names in the Loire Valley. De Ladoucette is renowned for producing some of the world’s finest Sauvignon Blancs, including Pouilly Fumé de Ladoucette, Comte Lafond Sancerre (Baron Patrick de Ladoucette is the great-grandson of Le Comte Lafond) and top cuvée Baron de L, which is only made in exceptional years from the best vineyard plots of the estate.
At 165ha, the estate, known as Château du Nozet, is one of the largest in the Pouilly region and produces about 10% of the wines of the entire Pouilly Fumé appellation. These wines are admired by Sauvignon Blanc lovers around the world for their extraordinary finesse and ageability.