Pouilly Fuissé Premier Jus des Hauts de Vignes, Domaine Guffens-Heynen 2022

Offering up aromas of white peach, mandarin oil and white flowers mingled with notions of wet stones, mint and toasted almonds, Guffens's 2022 Pouilly-Fuissé Premier Jus des Hauts de Vignes is medium to full-bodied, satiny and seamless, its textural attack segueing into a sweet core of fruit framed by racy acids, concluding with a long, discreetly exotic finish. Youthfully charming, it will offer a broad drinking window. As readers may remember, this particular cuvée includes all the first-press juice (with the lower pH and highest acidity) from Guffens's high-altitude holdings, including Les Croux and the final vintage of the domaine's sharecropping in La Roche, two superior sites that were both sadly hailed this year. 2025 - 2045

The 2022 Pouilly-Fuissé Premier Jus des Hauts de Vignes includes all the first press juice (with the lower pH and highest acidity) from Guffens's high-altitude holdings, including Les Croux and the final vintage of the domaine's sharecropping in La Roche, two superior sites which were both sadly hailed this year. Offering up aromas of orange zest, pear, white currants and peach mingled with white flowers, fresh pastry and youthful reduction, it's full-bodied, fleshy and concentrated, with racy acids and lots of chalky structuring extract, concluding with a long, penetrating finish.