Pouilly-Fuissé, Ax-B, 2024

From Marne soils, including vines planted in 1925 and 1930. This is superb: crisp, precise and saline, with vibrant pear, peach and citrus, and the faintest suggestion of fresh pineapple or guava. Exotic, certainly, but always energetic. Expressive, compelling and full of verve. An excellent Pouilly-Fuisse hailing from the excellent, east facing, clay and marne soils of the 1er Cru Aux Boutieres vineyard, but that also includes a section of the same vineyard that was not classified – thus the Ax-B naming.