2015 Pouilly-Fumé, Les Chants de Cri, Domaine Grebet

2015 Pouilly-Fumé, Les Chants de Cri, Domaine Grebet

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2015 Pouilly-Fumé, Les Chants de Cri, Domaine Grebet

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Typicity of the Sauvignon Blanc grape is demonstrated on the nose with blackcurrant leaf and cassis, as well as attractive riper, tropical notes that display the characteristics of this warm vintage. Approachable and instantly refreshing. Drink now to 2018.
Fiona Hayes - Buyer The Grebet family are now into their sixth generation, with sons Vincent and Fabrice joining their father Gérard. The family farm 20ha of Sauvignon Blanc and Chasselas in the village of Les Loges. An organic approach, allied to minimal intervention in the winery, bring out the essence of this famous appellation.

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Grebet Père & Fils

Grebet Père & Fils

The Grebet family are now into their 6th generation, with sons Vincent & Fabrice joining their father Gerard. The family farm 20 hectares of Sauvignon Blanc & Chasselas vineyards, from their base in the heart of the Pouilly-Fume wine appellation, in the village of Les Loges.

They are fortunate in that their vineyards are rooted in three diverse terroirs: Portlandian limestone, marne kimmeridgean (rich in fossilized shellfish) & silex (flint).

Their Cuvee ‘Les Chants de Cri’ is based predominantly on Portlandian limestone (‘calcaires du Barrois’), drawing on an average of 20 year old vines, vinified only in stainless-steel. The result is a floral, delicate wine.

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Sauvignon Blanc

Sauvignon Blanc

An important white grape in Bordeaux and the Loire Valley that has now found fame in New Zealand and now Chile. It thrives on the gravelly soils of Bordeaux and is blended with Sémillon to produce fresh, dry, crisp  Bordeaux Blancs, as well as more prestigious Cru Classé White Graves.

It is also blended with Sémillon, though in lower proportions, to produce the great sweet wines of Sauternes. It performs well in the Loire Valley and particularly on the well-drained chalky soils found in Sancerre and Pouilly-Fumé, where it produces bone dry, highly aromatic, racy wines, with grassy and sometimes smoky, gunflint-like nuances.

In New Zealand, Cloudy Bay in the 1980s began producing stunning Sauvignon Blanc wines with extraordinarily intense nettly, gooseberry, and asparagus fruit, that set Marlborough firmly on the world wine map. Today many producers are rivalling Cloudy Bay in terms of quality and Sauvignon Blanc is now New Zealand`s trademark grape.

It is now grown very successfully in Chile producing wines that are almost halfway between the Loire and New Zealand in terms of fruit character. After several false starts, many South African producers are now producing very good quality, rounded fruit-driven Sauvignon Blancs.

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