Wine Tasting Video: Sancerre & Pouilly-Fumé 2008 & 2009

Posted by Simon on January 23, 2012

Will be posting another couple of videos featuring the 2010 vintage soon, but in the meantime, here are some slightly older wines…

Domaine Masson-Blondelet Pouilly-Fumé 2009 (£14.99 Waitrose)
Has lost a little freshness, but still has some tangy taut lemon, lemongrass and herb flavour, a touch of flint and a rounded sappy finish. B(+)

Tesco Finest Pouilly-Fumé (Fournier) 2008 (£12.79 Tesco)
Has a quite pungent flavour of tinned asparagus and lychees (complete with fruit cocktail syrup), a bit of spice, and an almost plummy, honeyed finish. Ageing not too disgracefully, although it would have been better a year or two earlier. B(-)

Tesco Finest Sancerre (Fournier) 2009 (£12.79 Tesco)
Has that sulphury/flinty note of two rocks being banged together, plus crisp lemon, grass and nettle flavours. Maybe a touch simple but tasty. B+

Pierre Cherrier et fils Sancerre 2009 (£12.75 Stone Vine & Sun)
This is more taut & steely, with green apple and citrus flavours livened up by touches of herb and river pebble. Has softened a little with bottle age, but still precise and poised. S(-)

Lucien Crochet Sancerre 2009 (£13.17 Justerini & Brooks)
Still a pup, young and grippy, with sleek citrus fruit set against taut mineral and herb characters. Opens up with time in the glass, but always remains chiselled and refined. S