Winery Gilles CholletLes Capucins 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 Les Capucins Pouilly Fumé from the Winery Gilles Chollet
Light | Bold | |
Dry | Sweet | |
Soft | Acidic |
In the mouth the Les Capucins Pouilly Fumé of Winery Gilles Chollet in the region of Loire Valley is a with a nice freshness.
Food and wine pairings with Les Capucins Pouilly Fumé
Pairings that work perfectly with Les Capucins Pouilly Fumé
Original food and wine pairings with Les Capucins Pouilly Fumé
The Les Capucins Pouilly Fumé of Winery Gilles Chollet matches generally quite well with dishes of pork, shellfish or spicy food such as recipes of blue cord, cassolettes of scallops or thai green curry.
Details and technical informations about Winery Gilles Chollet's Les Capucins Pouilly Fumé.
Discover the grape variety: Esther
Table grape with long clusters and golden berries with thin skin and crunchy flesh, a neutral sweet flavour. Early-ripening and productive. Very rarely vinified. Grown in North America for fresh local consumption, appreciated for its attractive appearance and good shelf life. Marginal outside its region of origin. American white table grape variety obtained by crossing for fresh consumption.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Les Capucins Pouilly Fumé from Winery Gilles Chollet are 2018, 2017, 2015
Informations about the Winery Gilles Chollet
The Winery Gilles Chollet is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 11 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: Foaming
Name given to the second alcoholic fermentation that sparkling wines undergo. It gives rise to a release of carbon dioxide in the bottle.
