2024 Eve & Michel Rey Pouilly Fuissé Aux Charmes

Eve and Michel Rey run this small domaine together in the beautiful village of Vergisson, 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. As a winemaker, Michel is exceptionally eager to learn, and Eve is extremely perfectionistic. This is probably why the wines from this relatively young winery have improved significantly in recent years. No insecticides or pesticides are used, the soil is worked year-round with respect for nature, and the grapes are hand-picked and transported in small crates. What delicious and young, drinkable wines for this price!

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

Grapes are crushed as whole bunches in a gentle pneumatic press and fermented with indigenous yeasts in temperature-controlled stainless steel tanks. Wines are aged for a minimum of 10 months in primarily used French oak barrels. Very little sulfur is added at every stage; and wines are bottled unfiltered.

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

The Rey Pouilly-Fuissé Aux Charmes has a very ripe nose with aromas of yellow fruit and spices (tarragon), as well as some vanilla from the oak aging. On the palate, the initial taste is full and buttery, with a long and mineral finish. A delicious white Burgundy in a ripe style with fine acidity and a characteristic minerality that you can taste at Eve & Michel Rey.