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2018 Château Vitallis Pouilly-Fuissé "Les Vignes du Château"

SKU #1431703 92 points Wine Enthusiast

Outer quote mark As its name suggests, this wine comes from vines planted around the chateau that has 13th-century origins. Structure and strong minerality balance bright apple and citrus flavors. With spice and a tangy character, the wine will certainly develop. (RV) Inner quote mark (4/2020)

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Outer quote mark This wine has a lot of creamy malolactic character even as it still has pointed acidity to spare. It’s high-toned with green herb notes of fresh cream in spring, then it finishes a little warm and sweet. Pour it with pasta tossed with English peas and cream. Inner quote mark (4/2020)

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2018 Château Vitallis Pouilly-Fuissé "Les Vignes du Château"

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By: Sharon Kelly | K&L Staff Member | Review Date: 2/17/2020 | Send Email

We had a brief dry spell on our shelves towards the end of the holidays and into January while we were waiting for our shipment of these wines to arrive from Chateau Vitallis but I'm pleased to report that is over. Let the wine flow! The fruit for this bottling is from vines that are directly across the street from their cellar. Maxime Dutron uses 30% neutral oak from barrels used for Les Perrieres and Vielles Vignes first, to give the wine more complexity. Once again he has produced a stellar, elegant wine of succulent Chardonnay fruit with the ever-important energetic acidity.

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Varietal:

Chardonnay

- It's hard to believe that up until about 30 years ago, this extremely popular varietal hid behind the veil of geographical names like Chablis and Puligny-Montrachet. Now grown all over the world and bottled by its varietal name, Chardonnay has achieved a level of branding unlike any other wine. Surprisingly, though, what you get when you buy Chardonnay can differ greatly from country to country and even within one country, depending on the climate where it's grown and how it is vinified and aged. From fresh, crisp and minerally with apple and lemon notes to rich and buttery with tropical fruit overtones, Chardonnay runs the gamut. In France's Burgundy, Chardonnay is the source of the prized wines of Chablis, Corton-Charlemagne, Mâcon, Meursault and Montrachet. It also the foundation of exceptional Champagne, where it is blended with Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier or vinified on its own into Blanc de Blancs. It is also extremely popular in California, and is gaining popularity in Australia, New Zealand, Italy, Spain and South Africa.

Country:

France

- When it comes to wine, France stands alone. No other country can beat it in terms of quality and diversity. And while many of its Region, Bordeaux, Burgundy and Champagne most obviously, produce wine as rare, as sought-after and nearly as expensive as gold, there are just as many obscurities and values to be had from little known appellations throughout the country. To learn everything there is to know about French wine would take a lifetime. To understand and appreciate French wine, one only has to begin tasting them.

Sub-Region:

Burgundy

- The province of eastern France, famous for its red wines produced from Pinot Noir and its whites produced from Chardonnay. (Small of amounts of Gamay and Aligoté are still grown, although these have to be labeled differently.) The most famous part of the region is known as the Côte d'Or (the Golden Slope). It is divided into the Côte de Beaune, south of the town of Beaune (famous principally for its whites), and the Côte de Nuits, North of Beaune (home of the most famous reds). In addition, the Côte Chalonnaise and the Mâconnais are important wine growing regions, although historically a clear level (or more) below the Côte d'Or. Also include by some are the regions of Chablis and Auxerrois, farther north.