Acording to several historians, in the 17 th century , in Pouilly Sur Loire, Génetin was the name given to the Sauvignon grape variety.
Grape variety: 100% Sauvignon Blanc
Terroir : Villiers Limestones
Age of the vines : 35 years old
Traditional vinification in thermo-regulated stainless steel tanks
Maturation on fine lees
Gold color with pale-green tints
Dry and fruity, citrus notes
Serve at 12°C
As Aperitif,
Gambas or grilled cuttlefishes “a la Plancha”,
Scallop Carpaccio, Salmon with lemon and olive oil
Indeed, before 1880, the Chasselas grape variety was very present in the vineyard, particularly for the production of table grapes. Thanks to the railway, the grapes traveled from Pouilly to Paris in a few hours and were resold, freshly picked, in Paris. Unfortunately, everything stopped in the 1880s, with the arrival of phylloxera in the vineyard. This insect, which came from America in 1863, ravaged French vines, region after region, for around thirty years, until the vineyards were replanted with American rootstocks, naturally resistant to this little aphid. The Pouilly vineyard, then destroyed by phylloxera, the winegrowers decided to reorient themselves towards Sauvignon Blanc, a grape variety which allows them to produce more complex wines. The vines planted in Chasselas disappear little by little from the vineyard…
