For $1,000 you can taste an elegant Pouilly-Fume wine harvested from a single vineyard that dates back to the 11th Century.
The wine has a bright pale yellow color with hints of green. The bouquet is typical of a good Poully-Fume, offering an abundance of fresh green fruit and dark berry scents. This concentrated wine offers plenty of tart fruit flavors with the famous Pouilly-Fume flavors of minerals and flint. The refreshing finish is quite long. Match this wine with Raw Oysters, Raw Clams, Boiled or Steamed Lobster and Sauteed Clams. This wine also matches well with most types of Asian style shellfish. Serve this wine chilled, about 10℃.
The House of Pascal Jolivet is one of the newest in the Loire. Founded in 1985, this newcomer has received excellent reviews from the world's wine press for it's Sancerre and Pouilly-Fume wines. Some of the company's vineyards date back to the 11th Century when medieval monks worked the vineyards.
John H. Isacs
The wine has a bright pale yellow color with hints of green. The bouquet is typical of a good Poully-Fume, offering an abundance of fresh green fruit and dark berry scents. This concentrated wine offers plenty of tart fruit flavors with the famous Pouilly-Fume flavors of minerals and flint. The refreshing finish is quite long. Match this wine with Raw Oysters, Raw Clams, Boiled or Steamed Lobster and Sauteed Clams. This wine also matches well with most types of Asian style shellfish. Serve this wine chilled, about 10℃.
The House of Pascal Jolivet is one of the newest in the Loire. Founded in 1985, this newcomer has received excellent reviews from the world's wine press for it's Sancerre and Pouilly-Fume wines. Some of the company's vineyards date back to the 11th Century when medieval monks worked the vineyards.
John H. Isacs