Vouvray is a hard wine to pin down – it ranges from very sweet to bone dry and from sparkling to still. The most famous cuvées from top names will improve for decades, and are among the world’s longest lived wines. We enjoy almost any expression of Vouvray, but our favorite is the simplest – still, fresh, early-drinking, and dry.
Our source in Vouvray is the Domaine de la Fontainerie. Catherine Dhoye-Deruet has run her small 6-hectare estate for the last 30 years, and it’s been in her family for centuries. We introduced her refreshing, affordable Vouvray Sec (dry) cuvée last year, and it was an easy hit. This is Chenin blanc in its purest form – classic, refreshing, and vibrant, raised in steel (no oak) and fermented fully dry.
Fontainerie’s just-arrived 2022 Vouvray Sec is a delight – perfect for late summer and early fall. The nose is lush and beautiful with exotic fruits alongside notes of chalk, apple, quince and pear. The mouth is rich, smooth and delicious with a bursting apple attack and a crunchy, stony dry finish. Serve with crumbly goat cheese, garlic-ginger shrimp from the grill, or pre-season football.
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Fontainerie Vouvray 2022
bottle price: $25
