Louis Latour Agencies

Special Focus: Single Terroir Pouilly-Fumés

01 August 2011

The Redde family are one of the most prominent and important growers in the Pouilly-Fumé appellation. Their historic domaine is one of the largest and most diverse in the region giving them the opportunity to make a range of expressive and unique wines.

The family have identified special old single vineyard sites of at least 30 years old on their domaine in the communes of Tracey-Sur-Loire, Pouilly-Sur-Loire and Saint Andelain. From these vineyards they craft profound and long lived wines with unique flavours and aromas. These wines represent the unofficial 'grand crus' of the domaine.

Pouilly-Fumé Les Bois de Saint Andelain

Terroir: Cretaceous Silex (period of the Lower Cretaceous) Situated in the village of Saint-Andelain, highest point of the appellation, Michel Redde purchased these plots of land in the early 1970's.
Characteristics: Intense flinty minerality with a spicy edge.
Cellaring Potential: 10-15 years
Decanting recommended

Pouilly-Fumé Les Champs des Billons

Terroir: Portlandian Limestone also called "Caillottes", located in the village of Tracy-sur-Loire
Characteristics: chalky, saline minerality.
Cellaring potential: 10 to 15 years
Decanting recommended

Pouilly-Fumé Les Cornets

Terroir: Kimmeridgian Marl (period of the Upper Jurassic), also called "white lands". It is located in the village of Pouilly-sur-Loire and more precisely along the Ancient Roman way.
Characteristics: pure, oplulent minerality
Cellaring potential: 10-15 years