I wanted a Pouilly-Fumé. but you have to remember I live in Australia and it is much more difficult to find a decent Loire wine here than in Europe or possibly in the US.
Bearing this in mind it doesn’t give me much choice for Wine Blogging Wednesday #24, the second anniversary of the event held by Alder over at Vinography.
The finest golden retriever chardonnay is more our thing, although there are a lot of rose’s on the market right now. Some I reckon are more mistakes than deliberate tilts at the Anjou Rosé market, which together with Muscadet were the wines I remember as a teenager sipping over Moules and various other fruits de mer while on holiday somewhere around Nantes.
I couldn’t choose Muscadet because my good memories turned to bad in later life. I drank too much of the cheap stuff which had the power to burn holes through the stomach lining. I just get dypepsia thinking about it.
Anyway, I had no choice. Boycotting our local mass market wine shops, I had only one bottle to choose from. Yes just one, costing AUD35 – that’s about US$26.
The Domaine Thomas 2004 Sancerre was just the wine to drink with scallops fried in butter and extra virgin olive oil and panacetta.
What it has it that refreshingly flinty flavour that is a feature of many of the best French whites that somehow we can’t replicate down here. The fruit and herbs were muted but did the job which tonight was enhance a meal.
In contrast, Australian whites sometimes seem too rounded, too smooth and too flowery. What they could do with is some sour acid and some flaws. I suppose it is the fault of the sun on the fruit.
I tend to oscillate in my choice of wines from loads of cheap stuff to less more expensive stuff. Right now I’m in that less but more expensive phase and will probably be back for some Sancerre.
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where, oh where did you find a Pouilly-Fumé for $35? I have hunted and refused dusty bottles offered at $60 a pop – I choose to quaff not collect and $60+ quaffing is for bubbles.
I didn’t find one. It was a sancerre. Sorry to dissapoint.
Tonnes of Sancerre at Ultimo Wine Centre in Sydney. Great price range too. Try them on line.
How right you are about the difficulty of getting french wine here in australia. after 7 yrs o’seas, i return to my home city and home having withdrawal. australians are as parochial/xenophobic wrt wine purchacing as the french, which is a pity, b/c the australian wine industry would benefit over time if the population had more wines from more parts of the world on the retail shelf to experiment with. whenever i do get a french wine, its usually one in the ‘international’ style. getting french french wine is nearly impossible. which is a bummer for those of us who like to drink wine with food . . . .