The Story
Pouilly-Fumé sits on the right bank of the Loire, across the river from Sancerre, and shares its neighbor's devotion to Sauvignon Blanc and limestone-flint soils. Nicolas Gaudry's Les Champs de Cri is a single-parcel expression of this terroir — tightly wound, mineral-driven, and built with precision. The cuvée name translates roughly to 'the fields that cry out,' a poetic nod to the flint-rich silex soils that give Pouilly-Fumé its signature smoky character. This is Loire Sauvignon at its most focused: not about tropical fruit, but about tension, chalk, and place.
Description
Pouilly-Fumé sits on the right bank of the Loire, across the river from Sancerre, and shares its neighbor's devotion to Sauvignon Blanc and limestone-flint soils. Nicolas Gaudry's Les Champs de Cri is a single-parcel expression of this terroir — tightly wound, mineral-driven, and built with precision. The cuvée name translates roughly to 'the fields that cry out,' a poetic nod to the flint-rich silex soils that give Pouilly-Fumé its signature smoky character. This is Loire Sauvignon at its most focused: not about tropical fruit, but about tension, chalk, and place.
