Domaine Cailbourdin Pouilly Fume Les Racines 2023

Category:
 
White Wines
Sub-Category:  
 
White Wines
Producer:
 
Domaine Cailbourdin
Label Name:
 
Pouilly Fume Les Racines
Vintage:
 
2023
Country:
 
France
Region:
 
Pouilly-Fumé, Loire Valley (Saint-Andelain).
Volume:
 
750ml
ABV:
 
13%
Grape(s):
 
Sauvignon Blanc.
Acidity:
 
4
Sweetness:
 
1
Body:
 
3
Length:
 
4
Aroma Intensity:
 
4
Best Temperature:
 
8-10°C

Awards/Ratings
Wine Spectator 90 (K. B. review, Aug 21, 2025) praising oyster-shell minerality, grapefruit and precise minerality. Retail/merchant tasting notes concur

Tasting Note
Pale citrus and tropical notes—pink grapefruit, lime blossom, passionfruit—with wet stone/gunflint minerality, jasmine/lemongrass florals and a saline, focused finish.

Food Pairing
Oysters, grilled white fish, sea bass, goat cheese (crottin), roasted chicken; Asian: sushi/sashimi, sashimi-style ceviche, tempura, Vietnamese spring rolls, Thai seafood salads.

Production Method
Hand-harvested Sauvignon Blanc, fermented with indigenous yeasts and vinified/aged in stainless steel; low-intervention, practicing organic/biodynamic viticulture.

Vineyard Info
Domaine Alain Cailbourdin (est. 1980) farms ~16–20 ha in Pouilly-Fumé; family-run (Alain, now with son Loïc), focusing on terroir expression from flinty/limestone soils.