Bottle of Domaine du Bouchot Caillottes Pouilly-Fumé AOC Blanc 2023 Biodynamic
France · Centre-Loire (Sancerre & Pouilly-Fumé) · Pouilly-Fumé

Caillottes 2023

Domaine du Bouchot

Pouilly-Fumé the way it should taste: crunchy, stony, honest.

Open it when…

Aperitif Weeknight Long dinner

Tastes like

lime · white peach · wet stone · a hint of smoke

Feels like

crunchy, pure, stony

CHF 29.00
CHF 29.00
CHF 38.67/L
VAT included
Format

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GrapesSauvignon Blanc
Serve10-12
DecantNo
DrinkNow-2030

Emeric's note

Goat cheese and a glass before dinner

Taste profile

The wine's soundboard.

Tall bars, big wine. Low bars, easy wine.

The story

Behind the bottle

Domaine du Bouchot sits on the slope below Saint-Andelain, in Pouilly-Fumé. Antoine Gouffier took it over from the Kerbiquet family, who had farmed it organically for decades, and it is certified organic and biodynamic.

Caillottes comes from 35 to 40-year-old vines on thin clay over limestone: wild yeasts, mostly steel with a little oak, a year in tank.

The way Sauvignon should taste. Also in magnum.

— Emeric

Where it comes from

Centre-Loire (Sancerre & Pouilly-Fumé) map

The place

Centre-Loire (Sancerre & Pouilly-Fumé) · Loire Valley

Inland, the river bends north and the climate turns continental. On flint (silex), limestone and Kimmeridgian marl, Sauvignon Blanc reaches its most precise, smoky-mineral expression in Sancerre and Pouilly-Fumé. Sancerre also makes elegant Pinot Noir red and rosé.

Climate
Continental
Altitude
200–400 m
Classification
AOCs
SoilsSilex/flintKimmeridgian marlLimestone (Caillottes)
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Best season to open it

Spring Asparagus and goat cheese.
Summer Grilled fish on the terrace.

AutumnWinter

Have it with

Fish
Seafood
Goat cheese

Press play

French chanson, the modern kindSunday kitchen.
  1. 01 Benjamin Biolay – Comment est ta peine ?— smooth
  2. 02 Jeanne Added – Look at Them— bright
  3. 03 Charlotte Gainsbourg – Deadly Valentine— cool
Nerd mode 🔬 Soils, grapes, cellar, serving — for the truly curious

…I warned you. 😄

Terroir & craft

◆SoilsSilex/flint, Kimmeridgian marl, Limestone (Caillottes)
◆Altitude200–400 m
◆GrapesSauvignon Blanc
◆Blend100% Sauvignon Blanc
◆Cellar35–40 year-old vines on clay over Portlandian limestone
◆CellarHand harvest, native yeasts, nothing added
◆Cellar80% steel, 20% oak; 12 months in steel
◆Élevage80% stainless steel, 20% 350 L French oak; then 12 months in steel
🌿CertificationsBiodynamic

Serving

◆Serve at10-12
◆GlassStandard
◆DecantNo
◆DrinkNow-2030

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