Domaine Châtelain Les Chailloux Silex 2023 – Pouilly-Fumé

The wine has a pale lemon yellow color. The nose is discreet at first and requires aeration. It expresses notes of lemon juice, lime, white peach, apricot, gooseberries, grapefruit, as well as acacia, apple blossom, elderflower and a racy minerality (limestone, iodine and smoky hint of flint). After aeration, we also find notes of infused lime blossom and honey in the background, as well as a herbaceous touch of blackcurrant leaf. The palate offers a good bitterness of grapefruit on the attack, combined with a juicy and tangy touch of crushed lemon. We then find notes of gooseberries, white peach, apricot and passion fruit, associated with a mineral smoky note of flint, limestone and iodine notes, as well as a floral touch of dried lime, acacia and apple blossom. The finish offers lively acidity, good grapefruit bitterness, a persistent smoky minerality, as well as a gourmandise of candied lime and white peach. Beautiful freshness and expression of terroir in the mineral and slightly saline touch.