IZO WINE - Ladoucette Pouilly Fume 2005

Ladoucette Pouilly Fume 2005

Item No. LADPFL05C

Loire

Ladoucette

WHITE

Regular $45.99
Special $42.99

ABOUT THE WINE

Rated 91 - 2002 Vintage - Wine Spectator

Purchased by the Comte Lafond, an ancestor of the current owner, Baron Patrick de Ladoucette, Chateau du Nozet and its surrounding vineyards have a reputation for producing the finest Pouilly-Fume. The vineyards are in Pouilly-Fume Controlee, which includes Pouilly-Sur-Loire, Saint-Andelin and Tracy at the eastern end of the Loire Valley (including the vineyard of the Chateau du Nozet estate). Both clay and limestone (Kimmeridgian marnes on fossilized limestone) influence the delicate characteristics in Ladoucette Pouilly-Fume.

Tasting Notes
Pale golden-green color. Considerable intensity on the nose. It has an exceptional full range of floral, exotic and citrus fruit aromas such as white blossoms, hawthorn, broom and white nettles and grapefruit. These notes are enhanced and strengthened by the mineral note of gunflint (flint stone heated by the sun). The flavor is pleasant and lively, tempered by a fruity roundness with notes of pear, green apples and citrus fruits, which boost the mineral and stony hardness of gunflint. The finish brings to mind a pleasant lemony freshness

PRESSED

Paul Jaboulet Aine Hermitage La Chapelle 2003
$169.39
96 Rating
"Deceptively graceful at first, with a Burgundian-like perfume, this quickly delivers a torrent of fruit - blackberry, boysenberry and black currant - that cascades over itself, pushed from behind by flavors of mocha, mineral, tar and violets. Long, sweet and pure through a densely structured finish. Best from 2008 through 2030."

January 25, 2006

Wine Spectator

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