Pouilly Fuisse L` Ame Eric Forest 2023

Pouilly Fuisse L'Ame Eric Forest, Maconnais, Burgundy, France, 2023

Grape: 100% Chardonnay, oaked

Producer Tasting Note:

There are complex notes of lemon, white peach and pineapples hints on the nose. These flavours are evident on the creamy palate with a touch of hazelnut and vanilla oak. There is a lovely texture to the wine with the richness balanced by citrus acidity. Whilst intense, everything is in balance through to the end of the lingering finish. This is a most impressive white Burgundy, to enjoy now or keep a further 4 to 5 years.

Eric Forest is a star vigneron, based in the village of Vergisson, and currently has 4.8 hectares of vines planted between 1930 and 1979. He has inherited a great knowledge of nature and biodynamics from his grandfather and this has been a major influence in his approach to viticulture and winemaking. All grapes are hand picked and fermented and matured for ten to fifteen months in barriques and demi-muids. The wines are hand bottled and are, usually, unfiltered.

The Pouilly Fuissé “L’Âme Forest” is a blend of two complementary, individual vineyards – “Les Tilliers” is planted on calcareous Sinemurian clay soils and ” La Côte” is on Toarcian marl-limestone soils, located on the northern slope of the Vergisson hill. A powerful, intense dry white wine, it has been aged in 300 litre oak barrels of which 20% were new. This gives a dimension to the finished wine, without an overt ‘oakiness’.

Food Match: Pâtés, terrines, crab, shrimp, seafood in sauce, baked fish, Camembert cheese