Why Pouilly Fumé wine going well with pesto spaghetti?


Answer: Loire valley wine goes really well with herbal / herbaceous sauce. Loire valley Wine typically has high acidity, with balance smokiness as well as lovely mineral "tension" so it generally goes really well with the pasta sauce like pesto. Pouilly Fumé is exceptional right bank example, and there are some producers in meneton-salon making really good same style while more affordable.