Pauline Pabiot, Lâcher Prise 2022 – Pouilly-Fumé

The wine has a pale lemon yellow color, with golden reflections. The nose is gourmand, slightly sweet. It expresses notes of juicy and fleshy stone fruits (yellow peach, apricot, a touch of yellow plum), associated with aromas of grated lemon zest, grapefruit zest, kaffir lime, as well as tangy touches. passion fruit, gooseberry, a hint of flower honey, hay in the background, a floral bouquet (lime blossom, honeysuckle), as well as an expressive minerality (smoky hint of gunflint, a touch of limestone and chalk) and a touch of fresh hazelnut. The palate is savoury, expressive, and offers tangy citrus notes (lime, a smoky touch of bergamot, yellow lemon, kaffir lime), as well as the gourmandise of stone fruits found in the mid-palate (yellow peach , apricot). We also sense a distinguished minerality (limestone, flint smoke) and a floral touch (fresh lime blossom, chamomile infusion) and honeyed notes on the finish (flower honey, a hint of wax). The finish expresses salivating acidity, as well as notes of skin of green apple and a grassy, vegetal touch of green beans that add liveliness to the wine’s profile.