2023 Eve & Michel Rey Pouilly Fuissé Aux Charmes

Eve and Michel Rey run this small estate together in the village of Vergisson, beautifully situated between the Roche de Vergisson and the Roche de Solutré. They do all the work in the cellar and the vineyard themselves and therefore know every vine. Michel is an exceptionally eager winemaker and Eve is a great perfectionist. This is probably why the wines from this relatively young estate have improved greatly in recent years. No insecticides or pesticides are used, the soil is cultivated all year round with respect for nature and the grapes are picked by hand, with the grapes being transported in small crates. What delicious and young drinkable wines for this price!

Eve and Michel Rey take care of their vines as naturally as possible, and because they have so few vineyards, they can tend all of their vines by hand. They use only organic treatments, if any, and plough the soil instead of using herbicides.

Grapes are crushed whole bunch in a soft pneumatic press and fermented on indigenous yeasts in temperature-controlled stainless steel tanks. Wines are aged for a minimum of 10 months in mostly used French oak barrels. Very little sulphur is added at any stage; and wines are bottled unfiltered.

The ripest Chardonnays of Burgundy come from the region near Mâcon, in southern Burgundy. Pouilly-Fuissé is one of those villages where wonderful Chardonnays come from. This wine is made from 55-year-old vines. The vineyard is favourably situated on the western slope near the village of Vergisson. The vineyards are well sheltered from the wind and have a well-drained soil of limestone and clay. The vineyard is very small at 0.2 hectares, and with it the annual production. This is Pouilly-Fuissé at its best. Not made too oily. The wine has matured for 12 months in wooden barrels.

The Rey Pouilly-Fuissé Aux Charmes has a very ripe nose with aromas of yellow fruit and herbs (tarragon), further some vanilla due to the use of wood. In the mouth the attack is full and buttery, with a long and mineral finish. A delicious white Burgundy in a ripe style with fine acids and a characteristic minerality that you can taste at Eve & Michel Rey.