2008 Pouilly Fuisse Clos Reyssie

As is the custom chez Valette, the 2008 Pouilly-Fuissé Clos Reyssié Réserve Particulière spent a very long time in barrel, and it was released just over a year ago. Offering up aromas of buttered orchard fruits, apricot, orange oil, marzipan and old Cognac, it's full-bodied, sumptuous and enveloping, with lively acids and a fleshy core of fruit, concluding with a long and intensely sapid finish. Readers who appreciate the Valette style will love it.