Jean Pabiot & Fils
2024 Pouilly-Fumé AOC Domaine des Fines Caillottes *MAGNUM*
*This isn’t some kinda liquid minerals from the rocks getting in the wine or something. The famous "goût de pierre à fusil" flint taste is from the hyper-efficient heat-retaining silica soil synthesizing heavy sulfur precursor molecules in the grapes’ skins, which yeast then transform into tiny, highly aromatic trace sulfur compounds like benzenemethanethiol (rap-name BMT), creating the distinct smell of a struck match or gunflint.
Region: Pouilly-Fumé, Loire Valley
Appellation: Pouilly-Fumé AOC
Varietal/Blend: 100% Sauvignon Blanc
ABV: 12.5%
Vineyard & Vine Age: This Pouilly-Fumé is a blend of parcels rooted in classic limestone-driven terroirs, including white limestone pebbles known as Caillottes, Kimmeridgian marls rich in fossilized oysters, clay-limestone, and flint (silex). The vineyards are worked with regular tillage, spring debudding to regulate yields and improve airflow, and targeted leaf removal in summer, adapted to each terroir and vintage.
Cellar: Grapes are vinified in stainless steel with partial skin contact using only the berries, followed by very gentle pressing and careful settling of the must. Fermentation and ageing take place in temperature-controlled tanks, with six months on fine lees and lees stirring until Christmas. The different terroir cuvées are blended in spring before bottling.
CSPC: 141300
Winemakers Note: A rich nose with citrus and yellow fruit notes (grapefruit, yellow peach, pineapple). These same aromas carry through to the palate, which is fresh, fruity, full-bodied, and beautifully balanced.
What the Critics are saying: []
Region: Pouilly-Fumé, Loire Valley
Appellation: Pouilly-Fumé AOC
*This isn’t some kinda liquid minerals from the rocks getting in the wine or something. The famous "goût de pierre à fusil" flint taste is from the hyper-efficient heat-retaining silica soil synthesizing heavy sulfur precursor molecules in the grapes’ skins, which yeast then transform into tiny, highly aromatic trace sulfur compounds like benzenemethanethiol (rap-name BMT), creating the distinct smell of a struck match or gunflint.
TECHNICAL INFO
Varietal/Blend: 100% Sauvignon Blanc
ABV: 12.5%
Vineyard: This Pouilly-Fumé is a blend of parcels rooted in classic limestone-driven terroirs, including white limestone pebbles known as Caillottes, Kimmeridgian marls rich in fossilized oysters, clay-limestone, and flint (silex). The vineyards are worked with regular tillage, spring debudding to regulate yields and improve airflow, and targeted leaf removal in summer, adapted to each terroir and vintage.
Cellar: Grapes are vinified in stainless steel with partial skin contact using only the berries, followed by very gentle pressing and careful settling of the must. Fermentation and ageing take place in temperature-controlled tanks, with six months on fine lees and lees stirring until Christmas. The different terroir cuvées are blended in spring before bottling.
CSPC: 141300
Winemakers Note: A rich nose with citrus and yellow fruit notes (grapefruit, yellow peach, pineapple). These same aromas carry through to the palate, which is fresh, fruity, full-bodied, and beautifully balanced.
What the Critics are saying: []
Giovanni Autuori
Calgary + Alberta South
T: 403-971-1898
E: giovanni@vinoalvino.ca
Joe Gurba
Edmonton + Alberta North
T: 780-203-5284
E: joeg@vinoalvino.ca
New Title
New Title
New Paragraph
TECHNICAL INFO
Country: France
Region: Pouilly-Fumé, Loire Valley
Appellation: Pouilly-Fumé AOC
Climate:
Altitude:
Soils:
Varietal/Blend: 100% Sauvignon Blanc
Fermentation: Spontaneous fermentation with native yeasts in old oak puncheons.
Ageing:
Vineyard & Vine Age: Bull Swamp and Manilla vineyards in Baw Baw Shire. The vines were planted in 1961 and and 1964 respectively.
ABV: 12.5%
Produced Cases: 50
CSPC: 141300
Calgary + Alberta South
Andrew Stewart
403-604-0408
andrew@vinoalvino.ca
Edmonton + Alberta North
Joe Gurba
780-203-5284
joe@vinoalvino.ca
Saskatoon + Saskatchewan South
Kerrie Gavin
306-290-0277
kerrie@vinoalvino.ca
