A WINE REGION IN FRANCE
Pouilly-Fumé
Crisp, mineral-driven whites with concentrated herbaceous and citrus notes, exceptional terroir expression.
About Pouilly-Fumé
Pouilly-Fumé is a wine region in France, in the Loire area (classified AOC). It makes white wine. Our database holds 638 wines from here.
The grapes of Pouilly-Fumé
The main grapes are Sauvignon Blanc. The appellation table lists them as: Sauvignon Blanc.
Style in the glass
Crisp, mineral-driven whites with concentrated herbaceous and citrus notes, exceptional terroir expression. It is a cool, dry place to grow grapes.
Climate and soil
Cool continental with Atlantic maritime influence. Limestone (Kimmeridgian) and marl soils with flint deposits on rolling terrain.
The rules
- Blending: 100% Sauvignon Blanc.
What to eat with Pouilly-Fumé
Oysters, goat cheese, seafood risotto, pike quenelles, asparagus.
More wine regions in France
Champagne, Meursault, Chablis, Chassagne-Montrachet, Pauillac, Gevrey-Chambertin, Châteauneuf-du-Pape and Vosne-Romanée.
Good to know
Pouilly-Fumé's signature flint character ('fumé' = smoky) is sometimes conflated with actual smoke or oak aging; the minerality comes from soil, not winemaking.
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