Firmin Dezat Pouilly-Fumé
The Dezat family have been tending vines and making wine in and around Sancerre since the mid 1500’s. Though it wasn’t until 1948 when 16th generation, André Dezat, expanded the estate and began commercializing the wines in earnest. Today, his grandson Firmin Dezat (18th generation!) continues to run the family’s estate. The winery owns 23 Hectares of Sauvignon Blanc and Pinot Noir in Sancerre, Pouilly-Fumé and Menetou-Salon which are farmed naturally, a rarity in these commercial appellations where conventional farming is still the norm. The vineyards are comprised of all the main soil types of the region, terres blanches (chalk), caillotes (a gravelly limestone-based soil), and silex (flint), which are harvested and vinified separately. From early 1990s plantings, this Puilly-Fume is dominated by aromas and flavors of stonefruit wrapped in minerality. A vibrant and lovely value in Loire Savugnon Blanc.