Pouilly Fume Domaine Masson-Blondelet Les Pierres de Pierre 2020

Pouilly-Fum? ?Les Pierres de Pierre?
In 2004, as a young winegrower at that time, Pierre-Fran?ois MASSON had the opportunity to
purchase old vines on flint soils from the slope of Saint-Andelain.
– Grape : 100% Sauvignon Blanc
– Vineyard surface : 1 Ha 50, aged between 30 and 55 years old
– Soil : Flint (silex)
– Exposition : south/south-west
– Production : ~ 10 000 bottles depending on years
– Work in the vines :
? Since 1980 : abandonment of chemical fertiliser on all of our vines.
? Since 2002 : abandonment of herbicide on all 21 Hectares of vines.
? Since 2006 : abandonment of insecticide on all 21 Hectares of vines.
? Mildew control : we use the bare minimum of fungicide, but not only copper, which we
think the accumulation in the soils would be harmful for them in the long term.
? Rainwater collection to fight mildew with demineralised water and thus reduce as much
as possible the dose used.
The vines are lightly hoed and regularly tilled by hand. Only organic amendments
officially agreed for Organic Farming are used at the end of autumn. Treatments are
reduced to bare necessities in order to protect fauna and soils, which are crucial for an
appropriate development of the vegetation.
– Vinification : fermentation in stainless steel tanks after cold settling, long conservation on
very fine lees, cold tartaric precipitation, no malolactic fermentation, sulphite rate in
accordance with biodynamic principles : ? 100mg/l., suitable for vegans.
– Keeping : 4 to 6 years, apogee from the 2nd or 3rd year.
– Wine-master?s advice : Served alone at 12?C or on a platter of seafood, crustaceans, fish,
poultry, white meat and cheese (goat and sheep?s cheese, Comt?).
The tense and vibrant attack gives then way to fatness and roundness. Its high minerality and its length in mouth allow a great variety of matches such as cod loin with hollandaise sauce, grilled lobster and crystallised lemon, monkfish tail with piment d?Espelette or sweetbread and truffles juice.