White

Vieilles Vignes

Cave des Grands Crus Blancs

Pouilly-Vinzelles · France

Fact sheet

Type
White
Grape
Chardonnay
Country
France
Region
Pouilly-Vinzelles
Appellation
Pouilly-Vinzelles
Body
medium
Acidity
high
Sweetness
dry

Food pairing

grilled fish · seafood · Caesar salad · lemon risotto

Rated vintages

  • 201689 pts

    A selection from a single plot of 40- to 70-year-old vines, this full-bodied wine is juicy with a tight texture that comes from the terroir. It offers a crisp edge as well as bright acidity, the apple fruits lifted further by a lemon streak. Drink from 2019.

  • 201490 pts

    This mineral, structured wine is full of lemon, crisp green apple and fragrant acidity. It's ripe while also fresh and taut. A tangy texture shoots through the wine, giving a refreshing aftertaste.

  • 201387 pts

    From vines that are up to 70 years old, this is a single-parcel wine. It is rich, with some good concentration and a mineral edge. Ripe apricot and apple fruits are combined with a tight acidity that suggests the need to age. Drink from late 2015.

  • 201287 pts

    Full and ripe with rich fruit, fresh acidity and delicious layers of citrus and green plum flavors. It's a textured wine, showing fruit skin tautness as well as dense structure and the potential for aging. Drink from 2016.