2024 Pouilly Fume, Domaine Lebrun
2024 Pouilly Fume, Domaine Lebrun
£22.00
24 in stock
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This fabulous Pouilly Fume is at once classic yet remains distinctive when tasted against other Pouilly Fumes at a similair price point. The nose offers an alluring mix of gunflint, wet stone and citrus fruit. Crisp and tangy on the palate with a mineral, smoky finish.
Laurent Lebrun was trained as a winemaker at Montpellier, spent his formative years training in Australia and then returned to France to take up the position of General Manager and Head Winemaker at Château Olivier, Grand Cru Classé in Bordeaux. He has recently returned home and become the 6th Generation of Lebrun to run the family estate in Pouilly-Fumé. The estate has a total of 9 hectares on the slopes of St. Andelain and the vines average 25 years of age.
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