Pierre Hourlier Wines

Pouilly-Fumé: Domaine Masson-Blondelet Tradition Cullus 2009


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Tasting Notes

So rich and powerful. Compelling after-taste. Such an experience.

So good, don't lose it with complicated food.

Wine Info
Region Loire
Appellation Pouilly-Fumé
Style White
Producer Domaine Masson-Blondelet
Grapes 100% Sauvignon Blanc
Pairing
Keeping Drink within 10 years of bottling.
Vinification
Only the first juice is kept, after a cold settling, the must starts its alcoholic fermentation in a 600 liters (demi-muid) oak barrel. Maintained on very fine lees, which are stirred. The racking takes place in August, the wine is bottled the next year after a maturation on the lees in a blending tank.
Bottle 75cl
Volume 13.0%
Producer
Domaine Masson Blondelet 
The family Masson Blondelet invariably produces top Pouilly Fumé wines, and is always in the leading group of producers year after year. 

Both the Villa Paulus and Cullus have always been classy and consistently excellent offerings, the truest expression of the Sauvignon grape.