product details
key information
- Region: Loire
- Sub-Region: Pouilly-sur-Loire
- Style: White
- Vintage: 2005
- Taste guide:
- Grape variety: Sauvignon Blanc
- Alcohol Content (%): 13.5
- Organic/Vegan/Vegetarian:
Limited Availability.
Produced only from plots high on the slopes of Saint Andelain, and only from vineyards that possess high amounts of silex. Vines here range from 15-50 years of age and are cropped to lower yields than in some other vineyards. Barrel fermented and aged in 450, 600 litre and cigar barrels. New oak in this bottling is similar to the Pur Sang. Because of the lower clay content in the soil, this wine tends to be more austere in its youth than the Pur Sang which explains why it often receives lower scores in its youth from wine journals that rate how a wine drinks today. Do not be fooled! Those familiar with older vintages of Silex will attest to the fact that if given the time in bottle, it will always rise above the rest.