La Soufrandière Pouilly Vinzelles les quarts° 2015

(from east/southeast-facing 45-to-80-year-old vines on hard Bajocian limestone at the top of a very steep slope): Bright medium yellow. Much more classic and subdued on the nose than the Longeays, relatively speaking, with its superripe but reticent yellow peach and ripe citrus flavors showing more mineral verve and less exotic character. Then juicy and penetrating in the mouth, displaying lovely, almost shocking acidity and excellent lemon-limey lift. With its bulletproof texture, this wine is almost painful today (there's also some CO2 to be absorbed) and really needs a couple more years of cellaring. Made from vines harvested on August 28 and 30; this may be a classic example of how the very hot last days of August and a strong south wind from North Africa concentrated both sugars and acids in many vineyards. Jean-Philippe Bret noted that the ground here stays moist even under very dry conditions owing to the organic life in the soil. Finishes with huge chewy extract and palate-saturating length.

2015 푸이-뱅젤 레 콰르는 잘 익은 사과 껍질과 벌집 향을 낸다. 입 안에서는 풍부하고 넉넉하며 다층적인 와인으로, 풍성하고 질감 좋은 시작에 뒤이어 상큼한 산미가 받쳐주며, 깔끔하고 군침 도는 피니시로 마무리된다. 햇살을 듬뿍 받아 풍요롭지만 균형 잡힌 푸이-뱅젤로, 10년 가까이 맛있게 즐길 수 있을 것이다. 지금은 오크통에 있을 때보다 다소 더 풍부하고 화려하다.