#WineWednesday: Pouilly-Fuissé (White Burgundy)

Maris Callahan — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 16:34:09 +0000

For the longest time, I thought I didn’t like Chardonnays. When I think of Chardonnay, I think of big, bold California wines that have been aged in oak barrels and have a buttery aroma. But Chardonnay grapes are in a lot of wines, including my new favorite Pouilly-Fuissé, a White Burgundy. While you’ll never hear me complain about a buttery aroma, I don’t always want to drink it, whether it’s from a wine glass or otherwise. I am not going to say there isn’t a time and a place for a big, oaky Chardonnay because taste in wine is so, so subjective. But I will say that full white wines typically aren’t my favorite. French white wines on other other hand? Now, we’re on the same page. Pouilly-Fuissé is a white wine made in a village in the Mâconnais (Burgundy region in central France) that produces a highly distinctive Chardonnay wine. The vineyards producing this wine are part of a landscape where the limestone and heavy clay soils combine to create a unique ‘terroir.’ Louis Latour Pouilly-Fuissé, which happens to be my current favorite white wine, has floral aromas, a fruit forward flavor and hints of buttery hazelnuts. It has […]

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