Louis Latour Agencies
Producers
Michel Redde et Fils
Blanc Fumé de Pouilly 'Barre à Mine'
| In 2009 Michel Redde began a titanic and unique project in an old disused flint quarry called Les Champs des Froids in the Village of Tracy-sur-Loire. The site has a beautiful south west exposure and they have cleared, prepared and planted 4 hectares of vines on these very rocky flint soils. The vines were planted with the aid of a crowbar (barre à mine) and 2014, the first harvest, revealed of unexpectedly exceptional vintage. | |
| Available Vintages | 2021 |
|---|---|
| Other vintages | 2020 2019 2018 2017 2015 2014 |
| Tasting note |
This wine would need to be decanted to reveal its pure minerality, spiciness, salinity and persistence.
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| Awards and Accolades |
Chris Kissack, www.thewinedoctor.com, tasted February 2016 (accessed 20.06.2016)''A profound, overtly minerally nose. It is full of smoke and gunpowder notes. There follows a beautiful palate, very textured, delightfully harmonious, with precise orange and citrus fruits, fresh acids and a very pointed, needle-like core of minerals. It shows a very exciting polished grip in the finish, swathed in a huge, smoky minerality, dancing with elegant white fruits. Very savoury, indeed nothing short of profound. 18.5/20'' |
| Region | Loire Valley |
| Grape variety | Sauvignon Blanc |
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