Pouilly-Fumé: Domaine Masson-Blondelet Clos du Chateau Paladi

Product Type: Wine - White

£33.95; ~~£0.00~~; £33.95
Unit price: per

Peach aromas on the nose, soft and round with a refreshing acidity. Made from a plot in the locally called 'Château Paladi', in Pouilly, a four-towered bourgeois house.

Quantity:

Pay with cellar credit

Wine Club & Cellar Plan members — paid from your credit, delivered as usual.

Information

Tasting notes

Peach aromas on the nose, soft and round with a refreshing acidity. Made from a plot in the locally called 'Château Paladi', in Pouilly, a four-towered bourgeois house.

Taste profile

BodyMedium

SweetnessDry

AcidityFresh

Pairs with

Fish

Cheese

More wines for fish

Côtes de Gascogne: Domaine Horgelus Colombard-Sauvignon£9.95

Cotes de Thongue: Domaine Coste Rousse Sauvignon l'Espiegle£10.95

Côtes de Prouilhe: Chateau de Cointes Grenache£11.95

Pays d'Oc: Domaine V La Grange Cabernet Sauvignon£12.45

All 78 wines for fish →

Wine information

Vintage: 2022
Region: Loire
Appellation: Pouilly-Fumé
Style: White
Producer: Domaine Masson-Blondelet
Grapes: 100% Sauvignon BlancSauvignon Blanc
Keeping: Drink within 4 to 5 years of bottling.
Bottle: 75cl
Alcohol: 13.5%

Vineyard. Vegan

Winemaking. From a small plot of 45 year old vines. Fermentation in stainless steel tanks after cold settling, long conservation on very fine lees, cold tartaric precipitation, bottling after a minimum of 2 years of maturing, no malolactic fermentation, sulphite rate in accordance with biodynamic principles.

Tasting sheet (PDF) →

The producer

Domaine Masson Blondelet

Some thirty years ago, whilst searching for a Pouilly Fumé to add to my list, I visited several vineyards over the period of about a week. At one stage Didier Daguenau (the acknowledged master of the Appellation) confessed that he could not supply me as he already had an exclusive contract to supply his wines to another supplier in England....

All wines from Domaine Masson Blondelet →

Region and Appellation Information

Region – Loire

The Loire is France's longest river, running almost 400km from the Massif Central westwards to the Atlantic, and gives its name to one of the country's most diverse wine regions. Spanning some 57,000 hectares across Loire-Atlantique, Anjou-Saumur, Touraine, and the Centre, it produces the full range of styles - fresh, light whites from Sauvignon Blanc and Chenin Blanc, elegant reds and rosés from Cabernet Franc, Pinot Noir, and Gamay, plus sweet and sparkling wines. Its western vineyards enjoy a maritime Atlantic climate, while the more easterly Centre is cooler and continental, and its chalky limestone soils help the wines retain their signature freshness and acidity. Home to 69 appellations, including the famous Sancerre and Pouilly-Fumé, the Loire offers something to please every palate.

Appellation – Pouilly-Fume

One of the Loire Valley's most renowned white-wine appellations, specialising in dry, mineral Sauvignon Blanc made across some 1,400 hectares in seven communes along the Loire in the Nièvre department. Created in 1937, it is home to over 100 mostly small, family-owned estates, many committed to organic and sustainable farming. The wines are clean and crisp, with subtle fruit, herbal and citrus notes, and the distinctive smoky, flinty character - from which the name 'Fumé' derives - that reflects the region's flint-rich soils.