2024 Domaine Treuillet Pouilly Fumé

Pouilly-Fumé takes its name from Pouilly-sur-Loire, the heart of the AOC, and 'Fumé', literally 'smoked', referring to the local name of the Sauvignon Blanc, 'blanc fumé'. The term fumé refers here to the ash-grey colour of the leaves of the Sauvignon Blanc. Pouilly-Fumé wines are generally dry, fresh and balanced, floral and fruity, with a striking minerality in which 'silex' (flint) can often be recognised. In 1991, the vines were planted and four years later Domaine Treuillet was founded. Sébastien Treuillet's small estate in Tracy-sur-Loire is known for the purity and refinement of its wines.

Sébastien Treuillet bought 3.5 hectares in Tracy sur Loire and 0.35 in Pouilly. His Pouilly-Fumé is a textbook example of finesse and drinkability. Delicious, pin-sharp wines with a striking 'brilliance' and a lively but not overdone aroma. A feast for the taste buds. Because light, elegant and typical of the sauvignon grape. A find, this mini-domain!

In the glass the wine has a pale straw yellow colour with a lovely open and exotic scent, smoky, a hint of grassiness, elderflowers, asparagus, flint, freshly mown grass. The taste is open, nice acids and elegance, lots of freshness and juice, nervousness, minerality, tasty. Everything is done here to preserve the purity of the fruit and the terroir. No tricks are used to force explosive aromas, but elegance and finesse have been chosen. It is therefore a widely applicable wine. Nevertheless, we can strongly recommend it with lightly smoked fish or with fresh to semi-ripe goat cheese (chavignol, selles-sur-cher).