La Soufrandière Pouilly-Vinzelles Climat Les Longeays 2023

Biodynamic. Les Longeays is a continuation of the Les Quarts hillside. La Soufrandière has 0.55 hectares of vines planted in 1971. While Les Quarts faces east, with a stunning panorama over the Saône, Les Longeays wraps around the contour of the Vinzelles hill as it turns southeast. It’s a warmer site and can be harvested as much as a week before Les Quarts. Unlike Les Quarts, where the limestone lies close to the surface, Les Longeays has metres of deep red clay before the vines hit the mother rock. Given the exposition and deeper, clay-rich soils, you might be surprised by its iodine-like minerality. There are waves of extract and generosity on the palate. This is a taut, energetic white Burgundy which lushly balances texture and tension. From the 2024 vintage, Les Longeays has been classified 1er Cru, and this beautiful wine proves why.