Freddy R. Troya

9.0

Domaine de Fontenille – Sauvignon Blanc – 2024
Pouilly-Fumé AOP – Loire Valley, France 🇫🇷

Overview
A classic Loire Sauvignon Blanc from the eastern bank of the Loire River, directly across from Sancerre. This 2024 Pouilly-Fumé highlights the appellation’s signature flinty minerality (“fumé”) with a clean, focused, and refreshing profile. More expressive than expected for the price point, and surprisingly elegant.

Aromas & Flavors
Lemon zest, lime peel, and fresh pear layered with wet stone, subtle smoke, and chalky minerality. Crisp, bright, and linear, with a purity that leans toward the leaner, more textural side of Loire Sauvignon Blanc.

Mouthfeel
Dry, energetic, and sharp, medium-light in body with elevated acidity and a long minerally finish. Refreshing and beautifully balanced without any heaviness.

Food Pairings
Oysters, scallops, goat cheese crostini, sushi, ceviche, grilled white fish, or simple salads with citrus vinaigrette. Also excellent with herb-roasted chicken or asparagus dishes.

Verdict
A flinty, refined Pouilly-Fumé that outperforms expectations at this tier. Clean, mineral-driven, refreshing, and stellar value. Elegant simplicity done right.

Did You Know?
Pouilly-Fumé gets its name from the “smoky” flint soils (silex) that often impart a subtle gunflint or smoky edge unique to the appellation, one of the key differences between Pouilly-Fumé and Sancerre. — 6 days ago

Li Man

9.0

Purchased at the vineyard/farmhouse during Euro 2016. Wonderful inn to stay at in Provence with beautiful grounds and restaurant with Michelin star. — 7 years ago

Bill Gerard

9.7

Terrific Martini at Fontenille Vineyards before a great dinner — 9 years ago

Peter van den Besselaar

9.0

Vintage 2021 | Curious. 100% Malbec. A bit harsh on day one. Velvety structure on day two. Delicious. Paired with pork tenderloin, mushrooms, Brussels sprouts and sweet sour shallot. — 11 days ago

Andreas Bech

9.3

Fantastic bouquet of melon and passion fruit. 11 € in a Wine shop in Bretagne, France 2024. — a year ago

Katherine

9.3

Classic red bordeaux — 8 years ago

Peter Alig

Wine Educator Robert Mondavi Winery, Von Holt Wines

9.0

Bone dry with tart strawberry and pleasant mineral component. Higher alcohol - 14% - from the 60% Grenache but still refreshing. — 10 years ago

Peter van den Besselaar

9.1

Vintage 2021 | see earlier note | 6 months barrel aging and this was to be seen in a gold colour that makes you think the wine is older when tasted blind | vines between 50 and 70 years old | fine smell with vanilla, ananas, mango and melon. A tingling bitter that gives the wine character imo, good acidity. My wine friends found it difficult to place the wine. — 8 months ago

Peter van den Besselaar

9.0

Vintage 2022 | Glou glou from Bordeaux! Uncomplicated pleasure with beef from the grill and zucchini tartelettes. Good red fruit smell, smooth taste. Great p/q. Château de Fontenille from La Sauve (Entre Deux Mers) vintner Stéphane Defraine. Recommended 🙃 — 2 years ago

Jurgen Weiss

8.9

Really like this salmon colored rose, meaty, yet soft. 12 bucks or so — 9 years ago

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