Nicolas Gaudry Pouilly-Fumé Les Vignes de Berge 2024 Style_Bourbon limestone finish

limestone finish

and the mineral spine that Fixin soil consistently produces

Saumur came through it well

Native yeast fermentation and malolactic fermentation in barrel

The 2021 vintage was near perfect — early rain balanced the season

Nicolas Gaudry Pouilly-Fumé Les Vignes de Berge 2024 Style_Bourbon limestone finishThe Land Pouilly Fume is Sancerre's mirror image across the Loire, the same Sauvignon Blanc grown on the opposite bank, yet it lives in Sancerre's shadow. The region's name comes from the smoky, flinty character its silex soils can give, but Les Vignes de Berge grows on something different: Kimmeridgian marl, the stony limestone and clay soil the locals call terres blanches, the same geological formation that runs beneath Chablis. That marl, packed