Cuvée à l’Ancienne Pouilly-Fuissé 2005
Chicken or egg? The long standing debate about which came first will never be resolved by a cartoon depicting one or the other enjoying a post-coital cigarette. Let’s face it, smoking is banned almost everywhere these days. So I had to find another way to establish the truth.
I had read somewhere that Pouilly-Fuissé goes really well with chicken. So if it went poorly with eggs then might that lead to a conclusion?
This version of the genre came via Virgin Wines. If you follow this blog you will know that I ordered a case to see how they fared. It’s fair to say that I have been more impressed than I expected. The information on the bottle was a slight problem this time, though.  You would expect to get zero info from a French distributor. You might expect something informative from an enterprising British importer. This bottle got caught between the two extremes. I mean what does “full bodied dry wine with underlying fruit that lingers” actually mean?
When I opened the Pouilly-Fuissé I noticed a slight musty smell that I often get from Chardonnays from Burgundy and I find quite attractive. The flavour was predominantly white grapefruit, a little peach and the taste of licking a small sliver of wet Welsh slate. It had a particularly long finish. Although slightly sharp it was not unpleasant and I would drink more of it but not at £10.99.
I found it at Everywine at a similar price so maybe I shouldn’t complain. But what about the BIG question? Did it go poorly with boiled eggs and toast?
Sorry, but it went rather well. I guess the “chicken or egg” question remains unresolved despite my scientific endeavours.