{"id":2569,"date":"2021-11-20T22:39:29","date_gmt":"2021-11-20T19:39:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wineconnection.fi\/?page_id=2569"},"modified":"2022-01-11T19:51:37","modified_gmt":"2022-01-11T16:51:37","slug":"english-domaine-figeat-andre-et-edmond","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.wineconnection.fi\/en\/english-domaine-figeat-andre-et-edmond\/","title":{"rendered":"Domaine Figeat Andr\u00e9 et Edmond"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pouilly Fum\u00e9 at Loire Valley! Heaven of Sauvignon Blanc.<\/h3>\n
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Sunrise at Pouilly sur Loire. Copyright Markus Laukkanen<\/p><\/div>\n

When I met an oenologist Anne-Sophie Figeat, daughter of Andr\u00e8, it was a beautiful sunrise at this appellation next to famous Sancerre. Everybody remembers moments when wine experience truly hits a spot. This happened to me at fresh cool early morning at Domaine Figeat in September 2021.<\/p>\n

Pouilly Fum\u00e9 wines are more broader and mineral wines with hint of smokiness coming from flint (silex) soil. Domaine Figeat produces trademark Pouilly Fum\u00e9 Sauvignons with full, mineral and fruity characters now on 9th generation.<\/p>\n

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Ferdinand, Edme et Louis Figeat<\/p><\/div>\n

Andr\u00e9 represents the 9th Edmond\u00b4s generation.His father has transmitted him the respect of terroir and the patience that allow harvesting the grapes at good maturity.<\/p>\n

Before him, his father Ferdinand worked with his brother Edme, assisted by their father Louis Figeat.<\/p>\n

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Andr\u00e9 and his father Ferdinand<\/p><\/div>\n

Over the decades, Figeat has acquired parcels after parcels exceptional lands that reveal a Sauvignon grape, where typical, freshness and delicacy are mixed. Currently they own 17 hectares at Pouilly sur Loire.<\/p>\n

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Pouilly Fum\u00e9 at Loire Valley! Heaven of Sauvignon Blanc. When I met an oenologist Anne-Sophie Figeat, daughter of Andr\u00e8, it was a beautiful sunrise at this appellation next to famous Sancerre. Everybody remembers moments when wine experience truly hits a spot. This happened to me at fresh cool early morning at Domaine Figeat in September 2021. Pouilly Fum\u00e9 wines are<\/p>\n

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