Louis Latour Pouilly-Fuissé '05
The Nitty Gritty:
- Vintage: 2005
- Varietal: Pouilly-Fuissé
- Winery: Louis Latour
- Region: Pouilly-Fuissé
- Country: France
- Price: About $18
- Rating: 88/100
- Tags: good
Again, as with many French whites, you’re not going to get the entire essence of this wine in the first few seconds of a sip. The beauty of this wine is in its understated elegance.
If you’re used to drinking heavy, oaky Chardonnays from California, you’ll find it hard to believe that this wine comes from the same grape that yields the buttery California Chards. This is mild up front, and finishes with pear, green apple, lemon, and chalk (this is actually a good thing in wine). You’ll detect a slight hint of oak, but it enhances, rather than overwhelms, the wine.
This could pair with literally hundreds of different dishes, but you might consider poultry, hearty pastas, risottos, and even pork.
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By Lauren McNally
Lauren B. McNally is a New York based consultant and freelance writer who spends most of her free time exploring culinary and oenological pursuits with friends. She originally hails from Maine and graduated from Bowdoin College,spending time abroad at the University of Cambridge in the UK (where she found the dining hall cuisine rather offensive and repulsive, as opposed to the top-ranked Bowdoin Dining Services). Her palate is ever-evolving but Burgundies are among her current obsessions. Her least favorite wine-related phrase: “I don’t like _.” Lauren also enjoys cooking Italian and French cuisine, and has an unnatural obsession with Gorgonzola and pancetta.
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