Les Poyeux 2023
29,90 €
Poyeux is a Saumur Chenin Blanc from a historic site in the village of Chacé – deeper, more textured and with greater ageing potential than Hunaudière.
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The wine's story:
Les Poyeux is a legendary name in Saumur, associated above all with Cabernet Franc, but Fabien Duveau also makes a white Chenin Blanc from this site. That is what makes the wine special: Poyeux is today almost entirely devoted to the red variety, but Duveau’s Chenin reveals another facet of the site’s limestone, sand and clay.
Duveau's presentation emphasises that Poyeux gives the Chenin roundness, complexity and minerality. This is a wine in which Chenin Blanc is not merely a fresh white, but a serious, layered and gastronomic wine.
Winemaking:
- Grape: 100% Chenin Blanc
- Appellation: AOC Saumur Blanc
- Village: Chacé
- Site: Les Poyeux
- Soil: sand and tuffeau; the producer’s website also describes it as sand turning to clay at depth, with sandstone stones
- Vines: for Poyeux, the producer's website refers to planting in 1976
- Fermentation: native yeasts
- Ageing: 12 months on the lees in oak barrels of various ages
- Serving: around 12 °C
Tasting notes:
On the nose, white blossom, citrus, apple and pear. On the palate the wine is dry with a fresh attack, but with a deeper texture and longer finish than Hunaudière. Ageing on the lees and in barrel adds discreet toastiness, a buttery feel and a hint of bread crust, but minerality and Chenin’s acidity remain the wine’s backbone.
Food pairing:
- Scallops or prawns with a buttery sauce
- Oven-baked zander, cod or sea bass
- Poultry with a cream sauce or mushrooms
- Roasted cauliflower, celeriac or pumpkin
- Semi-hard and mature goat's cheeses
Ageing potential:
5–10 years, probably longer in good cellar conditions. Poyeux is one of the Loire white wines with the most serious ageing potential.
| Weight | 1,4 kg |
|---|---|
| Dimensions | 33 × 26 × 3,5 cm |
| Grape variety | Chenin Blanc |
| Region | Saumur |
| Food pairing | Oysters and seafood, Vegetables and vegetarian dishes, Poultry, Soft cheeses, Mushrooms and truffle, White fish |
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