2024 Eric Forest Pouily-Fuissé 'ÂME Forest' (PRE-ARRIVAL ONLY)

Pre-arrival price only, wine will be $143 when landed late September / early October.

The ÂME is a cuvée produced from Eric from three vineyard sites which were planted by his grandfather in 1952 & 1965 and cultivated by his father until Eric took over in 1999.  It’s effectively a homage to 3 generations at the Domaine.

The assembly comes from "Les Tilliers" a clay-loam terroir facing East, "La Côte" which is a marly-limestone terroir on the North slope of the Roche de Vergisson & "Carementrant" planted in 1952 on Sinemurian Gryphaea limestone.

Each different site contributing different flavours & structural components to the final cuvée.

There’s serious mineral grippy texture to this wine on the finish.  The middle is generous, even a touch tropical before that typical house style of citrus & salinity cuts through the finish.

Vinification with native yeasts in barrels (15% new oak – a little less in this cuvée as to temper the fruitiness of "Les Tilliers"). Aging is for 12 months in barrels without racking, only 2 bâtonnages after vinification. Then blending in tanks on fine lees until bottling.