📌 Description
Pouilly-Fuissé 1er Cru Les Crays 2022 – Eric Forest is a refined Chardonnay from a historic Mâconnais terroir, newly classified as Premier Cru. This wine combines power, depth, and elegance, driven by the limestone minerality of its steep, stony slopes and precise aromatic expression.
🍇 Grape Variety
100% Chardonnay.
Here, the grape shows both amplitude and tension: citrus, white-fleshed fruits, flowers, toasted notes, and limestone minerality.
🌍 Region / Country
Burgundy – Pouilly-Fuissé 1er Cru (Mâconnais, France).
The Les Crays climat, with its stony limestone soils and steep exposure, produces concentrated, structured, and vibrant wines.
🌡️ Serving Temperature
Serve between 11 and 13 °C (52–55 °F). A 30-minute decant is recommended to fully develop its complexity.
⏳ Ageing Potential
10 to 15 years.
• 2024–2027: youthful brightness, freshness, and fruit intensity.
• 2028–2034: peak maturity, balance between richness, roundness, and mineral tension.
• After 2035: evolved notes of honey, dried fruits, and truffle.
👁️ Appearance
• Color: bright pale gold with silver reflections.
• Clarity: crystal clear and luminous.
• Legs: fine yet sustained, showing maturity.
👃 Nose
• Aromatic intensity: deep and elegant.
• First nose: lemon, peach, pear.
• Second nose: white flowers, roasted hazelnut, fresh butter, limestone.
👄 Palate
• Attack: tense and precise.
• Structure: freshness supported by an ample, silky texture.
• Dominant aromas: citrus, white fruits, toasted notes, marked minerality.
• Overall balance: powerful yet finely chiseled, with great energy.
• Length: long and persistent, saline finish.
🍽️ Food Pairings
• Noble fish (sea bass, royal sea bream, turbot).
• Roasted lobster or langoustines.
• Bresse chicken or capon in cream sauce.
• Aged cheeses (Comté, Beaufort, aged goat cheeses).
⭐ Overall Impression / Style
Pouilly-Fuissé 1er Cru Les Crays 2022 – Eric Forest is a racy, luminous wine that showcases the nobility of the new Premier Cru classification in the Mâconnais. Both ample and tense, it has remarkable ageing potential and a striking mineral expression.
