Pouilly-Fumé
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Pouilly-Fumé is a dry white wine from the Loire Valley wine-producing region of France and is made from the Sauvignon Blanc grape. It is characterized by smoky flavors and minerality.
Pouilly-Fumé & Pouilly-sur-Loire
Pouilly sits on the opposite bank of the Loire to Sancerre, and gives rise to two wines, the almost universally known Pouilly-Fumé, and the almost universally unknown Pouilly-sur-Loire.
Pouilly-Fumé (Poo-yee Foo-MAY) - Loire white made from Sauvignon Blanc, dry and very lean and tart; like Sancerre (see below), an excellent seafood wine.
Sancerre / Pouilly-Fumé / Chablis / Gewürztraminer / Chardonnay (Australia or California) / Sauvignon Blanc (California or New Zealand)
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Sancerre, Pouilly-Fumé and Central Vineyards
The areas south from Orléans, up to the cities of Bourges and Nevers, are called "central vineyards".
" The pure varietal is found mainly in the Loire , at Sancerre and Pouilly-Fumé, As part of a blend, the grape is all over Bordeaux , in Pessac-Léognan, Graves and the Médoc whites; it also shows up in Sauternes.
Name given to the Sauvignon in the Pouilly-on-Loire, from where name "pouilly-fumé" (not to be confused with the pouilly-on-Loire and pouilly-fuissé of Burgundy).
BOISÉ (TIMBERED)
Says itself of a wine to the taste of new barrel.
BONDE
Cork of barrel.
The Loire is known for its white wines, the district of Pouilly-Fumé using Sauvignon Blanc grapes and Vouvray using Chenin Blanc.
Sauvignon grape is used for Pouilly-Fumé and Quincy and it is the exclusive variety used to in Sancerre. Sauvignon is mostly a Loire variety. In the Bordeaux region it is used as well as other white varieties to elaborate Graves and Sauternes.
The French "Pouilly-Fumé" and the imitative American "Fumé Blanc" are said to be based on a smoky quality.
Self-descriptive for the particular bouquet of certain Loire wine, such as Pouilly-Fumé, made from the Sauvignon grape.
Smooth
Of a silky texture that leaves no gritty, rough sensation on the palate.
Asparagus: Sauvignon blanc based wines, especially Pouilly-Fumés, Sancerres or those of New Zealand will often recall asparagus.
Chinon (leafy, raspberry-laced reds), Vouvray (Chenin blanc-based whites, ranging from bone dry to sweet and *botrytised), Touraine (racy, inexpensive Sauvignon blanc), Sancerre (classic bone dry whites from Sauvignon blanc) and Pouilly-Fumé ...
 See also: White, Wine, Loire, Blanc, Region
  
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