We have enjoyed a couple of white wines form the Maconnais this year, so here is another!
Week P (2015) Marc Dudet Pouilly-Fuisse, 2009. Waitrose £14.99
This one comes at a premium price because it comes from a specific village, Pouilly-Fuisse, which is generally considered to be in the best part of the region for producing good wines.
It is 100% Chardonnay, once again proving the 'anything but Chardonnay' crowd to be small-mindedly misguided, and delivers an experience to please many of our senses.
It looks pleasingly golden and bright. It smells beautifully aromatic and shows peach, pear and hints of vanilla. It tastes as good as it smells and feels full and rich in the mouth with some creamy notes backing up the fruit.
Its finish is long and lingering and has some of the 'minerality' that wine type bang on about.
I chose this one to compare with the Macon Village we had in week M (2015) and also the Uchizy we had in week U (2015). They cost £9 and £11 respectively, so this week's wine is expensive by comparison. The producer hasn't provided any information about the methods of production used, the vineyards sites from which the grapes have been harvested or, indeed, anything at all that would justify the higher price. This leaves us to rely on the most important criterion; what do I think?
Well, I do like it and I would buy this if I wanted to be i) reasonably certain that my guests would enjoy the wine and ii) a bit pretentious, but I can't say that the difference from the other regional wines we tried earlier was so distinct that my enjoyment of either of them would be spoiled now that I know what and extra fiver could have provided.
Week P (2015) Marc Dudet Pouilly-Fuisse, 2009. Waitrose £14.99This one comes at a premium price because it comes from a specific village, Pouilly-Fuisse, which is generally considered to be in the best part of the region for producing good wines.
It is 100% Chardonnay, once again proving the 'anything but Chardonnay' crowd to be small-mindedly misguided, and delivers an experience to please many of our senses.
It looks pleasingly golden and bright. It smells beautifully aromatic and shows peach, pear and hints of vanilla. It tastes as good as it smells and feels full and rich in the mouth with some creamy notes backing up the fruit.
Its finish is long and lingering and has some of the 'minerality' that wine type bang on about.
I chose this one to compare with the Macon Village we had in week M (2015) and also the Uchizy we had in week U (2015). They cost £9 and £11 respectively, so this week's wine is expensive by comparison. The producer hasn't provided any information about the methods of production used, the vineyards sites from which the grapes have been harvested or, indeed, anything at all that would justify the higher price. This leaves us to rely on the most important criterion; what do I think?
Well, I do like it and I would buy this if I wanted to be i) reasonably certain that my guests would enjoy the wine and ii) a bit pretentious, but I can't say that the difference from the other regional wines we tried earlier was so distinct that my enjoyment of either of them would be spoiled now that I know what and extra fiver could have provided.
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