Description
Region: Pouilly-Fumé, Loire Valley, France
Producer: Domaine de Ladoucette (Château du Nozet) — a special cuvée marking the estate's 200th harvest
Vintage: 2017
Grape:Sauvignon Blanc
Type: Still white
Size: 75CL
Tasting Notes:
A celebratory, limited anniversary bottling. Pale gold colour with aromas of white fruit and citrus over the estate's signature flinty, gunflint minerality typical of Pouilly-Fumé's Kimmeridgian soils. Long, elegant finish with real precision.
Food pairing:
Western cuisine: Grilled fish, scallops, soft goat cheese
Asian cuisine: Sushi, sashimi, steamed white fish
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.