Domaine de Ladoucette 2016 Baron de L Pouilly Fume (6 Bottles) Loire Valley, France

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This Grande Cuvée of Pouilly Fumé is produced exclusively in the best years and from the first pressing of the estate’s grapes.

Purchased by the Comte Lafond, an ancestor of the current owner, Baron Patrick de Ladoucette, Château du Nozet and its surrounding vineyards have a reputation for producing the finest Pouilly-Fumé. The vineyards are in Pouilly-Fumé Contrôlée, which includes Pouilly-sur-Loire, Saint-Andelain and Tracy-sur-Loire at the eastern end of the Loire Valley (including the vineyard of the Château du Nozet estate).

Both clay and limestone influence the delicate characteristics in Ladoucette Baron de L Pouilly-Fumé.This Grande Cuvée of Pouilly Fumé is produced exclusively in the best years and from the first pressing of the estate’s grapes.

The winemaking chais is made up of three levels.

The first level is where the grapes are received and sorted without crushing keeping the grapes from the different parcels separate. The juice then flows (without pumps or screws) simply by gravity to the second level where the pressing with the division of the juice à la champenoise takes place. The third level is where the wine is clarified using a cooling system to regulate the temperature of the juice with maceration pulpaire.

This wine is fermented in stainless steel vats thermostatically regulated to 18ºC for 6-8 weeks. This wine is on lees for 3-6 months with regular agitation. The wine is never placed in wooden barrels in order to preserve the natural aromas of the grapes.

About Domaine de Ladoucette
Owned by the Ladoucette family since 1788, the Domaine De Ladoucette is the largest and most famous holding in the Pouilly area. The 165 hectare vineyard accounts for 10% of the production of the Pouilly-Fume appellation and the stunning Château du Nazet dominates the countryside.

The estate is acclaimed at producing some of the finest Sauvignon Blancs in the region, in particular the top cuvee, Baron de L, a wine only produced in the top vintages from the best parcels of fruit of the estate. Pale, vivid and flinty these are terroir-driven wines and the Baron de L in particular is renowned for its ability to age.

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Description

Loire Valley
Loire Valley is an Appellation d’origine contrôlée (AOC, or controlled designation of origin) wine region that stretches nearly 300 km west-east through the Pays de la Loire and Centre-Val de Loire administrative regions in central France. Few wine regions in France can match the Loire for its combination of sheer natural beauty, fine châteaux and pristine wines of terroir. It is here that Sauvignon Blanc and Chenin Blanc reach their apogee in the appellations of Sancerre, Pouilly-Fumé and Vouvray.

Sancerre’s hilltop exposition lies on the famous Kimmeridgian limestone clay and Pouilly-Fumé lies on the flatter, river-side soils on a mix of alluvial deposits along with Portlandian and Kimmeridgian limestone. Flinty, fresh and energetic, the Sauvignon Blanc from the two regions remains a world benchmark. Vouvray also lies over limestone, but with a higher content of iron and magnesium, and its wines are renowned for their purity and longevity in the cellar.

Climate
Throughout the Lower and Middle Loire Valley the weather is described as Maritime, with defined seasons, while the Upper Loire Valley is semi-Continental, with a wide diurnal range in temperature.

Soil
Volcanic soils with top soils of granite-like rock in the Lower Loire Valley, a mixture of many soil types in Middle Loire Valley, and three distinct soil types in the Upper Loire Valley (Terre Blanche, Caillotes and Silex.

Key Varietals
Chenin Blanc, Sauvignon Blanc, and Cabernet Fran

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