Les Pentes Pouilly-Fumé Sauvignon Blanc

light golden with green overtones; aromatic, honeydew melon, green apple, jalapeño pepper; citrus zest, tropical fruit, flinty minerality, tangy finish; medium body, dry, medium+ acidity, 12.5% ABV; made from 100% Sauvignon Blanc; $27

Cousin of the late Didier. Classic Loire. Fresh, floral, clean as all get-out. Palate is zingy, vibrant, but balanced. Lemony, touch of gunflint on the blowback actually, but not much on the nose. Leaves a very steely finish. Definite sense of place here. Well done.

Very good, honeysuckle, peppery, grass, pretty strong.

Melons. Peaches. Broad.

Solid Pouilly-Fume. Good body with honeyed notes, slightly tropical guava, with a subtle green cut, integrated pyrazines that do not distract.

The cousin of dider is always a deal.

Grassy broom like straw with a bit of vegetal qualities. Great acid and mouthfeel and finish. Once the nose blew off it integrated nicely.

Plumped up fruit, wild and bright tropical notes, with lashes of fresh acidity and some flint minerality. This leans toward modernity in this style, but it hangs in just enough in the old world.

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5-6