Winery Alexandre BainSpring Pouilly-Fumé
White wine
In the mouth this white wine is a with a nice freshness.
This wine generally goes well with pork, vegetarian or shellfish.
Taste structure of the Spring Pouilly-Fumé from the Winery Alexandre Bain
Light | Bold | |
Dry | Sweet | |
Soft | Acidic |
In the mouth the Spring Pouilly-Fumé of Winery Alexandre Bain in the region of Loire Valley is a with a nice freshness.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Spring Pouilly-Fumé of Winery Alexandre Bain in the region of Loire Valley often reveals types of flavors of smoke, apples or peach and sometimes also flavors of minerality, honey or non oak.
Food and wine pairings with Spring Pouilly-Fumé
Pairings that work perfectly with Spring Pouilly-Fumé
Original food and wine pairings with Spring Pouilly-Fumé
The Spring Pouilly-Fumé of Winery Alexandre Bain matches generally quite well with dishes of pork, shellfish or spicy food such as recipes of traditional flemish carbonades, quenelles in nantua sauce or piperade.
Details and technical informations about Winery Alexandre Bain's Spring Pouilly-Fumé.
Discover the grape variety: Gamay blanc
Supple and fruity whites to drink young, pale golden robe, airy palate with moderate acidity, signature aromas of white-fleshed fruits (apple, pear) and white flowers. Discreet Beaujolais profile. Now rare, grown in negligible quantities in Beaujolais and Mâconnais, used in artisanal micro-cuvées. White-skinned mutation of Gamay Noir, better known as Gamay Blanc Gloriod, obtained by Henri Gloriod in the 20th century.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Spring Pouilly-Fumé from Winery Alexandre Bain are 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010 and 2009.
Informations about the Winery Alexandre Bain
The Winery Alexandre Bain is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 19 wines for sale in the of Pouilly-Fumé to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Pouilly-Fumé
Great Loire appellation of the Centre-Loire facing Sancerre: signature Sauvignon Blanc as exclusive king white — lively and expressive with notes of citrus (grapefruit, lemon), white peach, passion fruit, blackcurrant bud, white flowers and the signature gunflint/smoky character of the eponymous flint, taut acidity and a long mineral finish. More complex and mineral than Sancerre. AOC (1937), ~1,300 ha across 7 communes (Nievre), flint, Kimmeridgian limestones.
The wine region of Loire Valley
Kingdom of lively, dry whites and fine sparklers. Mineral, taut Sauvignon Blanc (Sancerre, Pouilly-Fumé) with citrus and gunflint notes. Multiform Chenin Blanc (Vouvray, Savennières, Layon): straight dry, floral off-dry or noble sweet honey-quince. Saline, iodised Muscadet (Melon B.
The word of the wine: Vaccaresis
Black grape variety, one of the 13 of Châteauneuf-du-Pape, which can be used in a blend in this appellation and other neighbouring AOCs (Côtes-du-Rhône, Gigondas...). It produces a floral, elegant and fresh wine, which balances the warmth of the Grenache. It is rare.
