Winery Etienne de Loury - Les Pierres Pouilly-Fumé

Winery Etienne de LouryLes Pierres Pouilly-Fumé

The Les Pierres Pouilly-Fumé of Winery Etienne de Loury is a white wine from the region of Pouilly-Fumé of Loire Valley.
This wine generally goes well with pork, vegetarian or shellfish.

Details and technical informations about Winery Etienne de Loury's Les Pierres Pouilly-Fumé.

Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Country
Style of wine
Alcohol
12.5°
Allergens
Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Narince

This grape variety is native to Turkey, where it is very well known and highly appreciated. In this country, it is very often grown at high altitudes. It is believed to be the result of a natural intraspecific cross between Dimrit Kara and Kalecik Karasi. Almost unknown in France, it is no more so in other wine-producing countries.

Informations about the Winery Etienne de Loury

The winery offers 14 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 4.
This winery is part of the Henri Bourgeois.
It is in the top 15 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Pouilly-Fumé in the region of Loire Valley

The Winery Etienne de Loury is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 13 wines for sale in the of Pouilly-Fumé to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Loire Valley
In the top 300000 of of France wines
In the top 4500 of of Pouilly-Fumé wines
In the top 350000 of white wines
In the top 1500000 wines of the world

The wine region of Pouilly-Fumé

The wine region of Pouilly-Fumé is located in the region of Haute Loire of Loire Valley of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Didier Dagueneau (Louis-Benjamin Dagueneau) or the Domaine de Ladoucette produce mainly wines white and red. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Pouilly-Fumé are Chenin blanc, Chardonnay and Cabernet franc, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Pouilly-Fumé often reveals types of flavors of earth, black currant or fennel and sometimes also flavors of lime zest, banana or fresh cut grass.


The wine region of Loire Valley

The Loire Valley is a key wine region in western France. It follows the course of the Loire River on its Long journey through the heart of France, from the inland hills of the Auvergne to the plains of the French Atlantic coast near Nantes (Muscadet country). Important in terms of quantity and quality, the region produces large quantities (about 4 million h/l each year) of everyday wines, as well as some of France's greatest wines. Diversity is another of the region's major assets; the styles of wine produced here range from the light, tangy Muscadet to the Sweet, honeyed Bonnezeaux, the Sparkling whites of Vouvray and the juicy, Tannic reds of Chinon and Saumur.

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Bollinger Group purchases Sancerre estate Hubert Brochard

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Loire harvest report 2023: A complicated vintage

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The word of the wine: Amber

(1) A colour close to amber, sometimes taken on by white wines aged for a long time, or by oxidising prematurely. (2) A term used on the label to designate white Rivesaltes aged for at least thirty months in an oxidizing environment.

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