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Friday, January 22, 2010

2007 Domaine Chatelain "Les Vignes de St. Laurent L'Abbaye" Pouilly Fume, Loire Valley

The Loire Valley in France produces excellent white wines.  The Pouilly Fume wines are usually made from 100% Sauvignon Blanc grapes, and they are typically more expensive than Sauvignon Blancs from California or New Zealand.

The 2007 Domaine Chatelain "Les Vignes de St. Laurent L'Abbaye" Pouilly Fume has a list price of $22, but K&L Wines is offering the wine at a discount for $9.99 a bottle while it lasts.  Made from 30-year old vines, this wine is a clean, crisp Sauvignon Blanc with aromas and flavors of citrus fruits.  Although it represents only average QPR at $22 a bottle, I think this wine advances to a high-QPR wine with the reduced price of $9.99 per bottle.

From K&L, "Bright attractive nose of lemon, melon, tropical fruit, and soft chalky minerality.  The palate is clean with little wisps of grass, stone and good weight which carries the bright juicy acidity all the way through to the finish."
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