The still format—no carbonation—allows mineral character and fermentation complexity to emerge fully
choosing a few hectares of the oldest vines and farming them organically
This deep layer of sand lies on top of a clay-limestone “motherrock
with whom she shares a cellar
where the limestone soils give the perfumed
Bailly-Reverdy, Pouilly-Fume, 2024 OldImgDeleted The still format—no carbonation—allows mineralA serious Pouilly Fume from a family better known for its Sancerre, out of a vintage that very nearly didn't happen. Franck and Aurelien Bailly work out of Bue, five kilometers from Sancerre, with holdings in Chavignol and Les Loges, and they farm five hectares across the river in Pouilly on clay limestone soils. The fruit is hand picked and sorted in the vineyard, gently pressed, cold settled for a day, then fermented with native yeasts in