Cuvées Exquises 2012 Pouilly Fumé Gemme de Feu
Rated 92/100 by Roger Voss, The Wine Enthusiast 01/03/2015
Cuvées Exquises 2012 Pouilly Fumé Gemme de Feu
Gold Medall at 2015 Decanter World Wine Awards
Des Cuvées Exquises Pouilly Fumé Gemme de Feu 2012
Selected by 2015 Wine Guide Gilbert & Gaillard
Crystalline hue. Rich nose intermixing mineral, tropical fruit, flower and spice aromas. A racy, full-bodied Pouilly oasting a full, fleshy mouthfeel, intense, distinctive fruit aromas, freshness and length. Superlative expression throughout. Sheer pleasure.
Des Cuvées Exquises Pouilly Fumé Gemme Océane 2012
Selected by 2015 Wine Guide Gilbert & Gaillard
Pale gold with green tints. Refined nose revealing tropical nuances and white fruits with linden undertones. Full palate with a delicate crispness. Beautiful generous aromatics, length and personality a Pouilly that proudly holds its own.
Des Cuvées Exquises Pouilly Fumé Gemme Océane 2009
Selected by the New York Times Wine Club( January 2014)
Des Cuvées Exquises Pouilly Fumé Gemme de Feu 2012
Gold Medall at 2013 CGA, Paris
Cuvées Exquises Pouilly Fumé Gemme de feu 2009
Le Guide Bettane & Desseauve's selection 2013
"This Pouilly Fumé Gemme de Feu is a selection coming from the best flint spot of the wine-estate, which makes the Sauvignon go up to the front. It has got all the lushness of the 2009 vintage, to taste it oozes ripe yellow fruits with a lingering vibrant finish. It is worth a visit all the more that the reception you will be given at the Domaine is charming in every way."
Cuvées exquises Pouilly Fumé Gemme de feu 2009
Roger Voss's selection, The Wine Enthusiast 1st september 2012 (91/100)
'Mineral and spice notes dominate this full-bodied wine. It is ripe and rich the more mineral side balanced with yellow fruit and a touch of pepper. Age this wine for 2-3 years.'
Cuvées Créatives Pouilly Fumé La Rambarde 2011
LIGER D'ARGENT 2012
Tasting notes of the Ligers Board of Examiners.
A beautiful straw yellow colour with green tints. On the nose, it develops extremely expressive floral aromas (box tree, broom) with hints of asparagus and fruity notes. To taste, it is slightly beady with a light sweetness and then shows a fleshy backbone with fruity aromas (grapefruit, mango) persisting in a good long finish with absolutely delicious structuring notes of mineral bitterness. Beautiful Pouilly Fumé : complete and elegant.
2012 GILBERT & GAILLARD WINE GUIDE
Des Cuvées EXQUISES - 2009 POUILLY FUME GEMME DE FEU - Selected by 2012 Wine Guide Gilbert & Gaillard
Very pale, brilliant hue with greenish tints. Fruity, racy nose showing refinement. Round attack, a fleshy, generous, harmonious wine boasting a fresh background which imparts a tense, dynamic edge. Sterling work. Set aside for noble fish.
2012 GILBERT & GAILLARD WINE GUIDE
Des Cuvées EXQUISES - 2009 POUILLY FUME GEMME OCEANE - Selected by 2012 Wine Guide Gilbert & Gaillard
Pale, crystalline colour with greenish tints. Very pleasant floral-dominated nose with a touch of citrus fruits. The palate is sappy, quite ethereal and showcases intense, clear-cut citrus aromatics in a setting that lacks neither elegance of finesse.
Silver Medall at the Liger Wine Contest in 2010
Des Cuvées EXQUISES - Pouilly Fumé Gemme de Feu 2009
Selected by 2011 issue of French Wine Guide Hachette
"Gem of Fire
with such a name which unmistakably evokes the odour of two flintstones being rubbed together, you will not be surprised to hear that this wine was made from Sauvignon grapes grown on a clayey-flinty soil, or "Chailloux" (which is the Old French for stones of flint pebbles).
To start it has the freshness and grip so sought in Pouilly Fumés, then the imprint of the 2009 vintage is overwhelming, with all its lushness, roundness and consistency. It is already well-balanced and excellent to taste but a further 1-2 years cellaring will take it to its fullness."
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French Wine Guide Hachette 2011
Des Cuvées CREATIVES - Pouilly-sur-Loire Les Binerelles 2009 selected by 2011 issue of French Wine Guide Hachette
"The Pouilly-sur-Loire Les Binerelles is awarded 1 star for its complexity and its superb length."
Special Wine Issue of 9th September 2011
Des Cuvées EXQUISES - Pouilly Fumé Gemme Océane 2009
Selected by Jacques Dupont in "Le Point" magazine
"With aromas reminiscent of flowers and lemon, full of freshness in the mouth, showing citrus fruit flavours, elegant, with a nice length, rather mineral and fruity."
Special Wine Issue of 9th September 2011
Des Cuvées CREATIVES - Pouilly Fumé La Rambarde 2009
Selected by Jacques Dupont in "Le Point" magazine
"With floral aromas, it is elegant and fresh. To taste, it shows rather spicy and mineral notes. A long-lasting wine, almost tannic."
