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Blanchet | Domaine Francis

Try a glass of this wine alongside a Californian Sauvignon Blanc and you'll understand why the Loire Valley is ideal for growing this grape varietal. It's lighter on fruit than many of its American counterparts, with lively acidity and mushroomy earthy tones. When people taste Blanchet's Pouilly Fumé and discover the complexity, minerals, honey, lime-leaf and chalk, they may be tempted to launch into technical questions about skin macerations and cooperage, barrel fermentations and the like. We hate to disappoint them, but really, this is as simple as winemaking can be. The wine is raised in stainless steel tanks and bottled by Blanchet and his wife with a very light filtration.

The complexity and superb quality of these wines is from the vineyard. Francois Blanchet knows it. Arrange a visit and the first place he will take you is to the vineyards. He superbly crafts his wines from four of the six communes that surround Pouilly-Sur-Loire. Each different soil gives his wines a unique personality. The slopes above Tracy are Argilo-calcaire, and in it he has many old vines, some more than 80 years old. The Vieille Vignes Pouilly Fumé that comes from this soil is richer, and develops floral honey notes. The Silex soil found closer to Pouilly Sur Loire and just above the famous Chateau de Nozet is the site for his Cuvée Silice that reveals minerals and racy fruit.

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