Displaying aromas reminiscent of buttered toast smoke and chalk the Pouilly-Fuisse La Verchere Vieilles Vignes Reserve is an elegant precise yet dense wine. It is velvety-textured medium-to-full-bodied with a concentrated core of white fruits and flint. Offering admirable balance purity and structure it doesn't possess the previous wine's density or power but rather has refinement and crystalline flavors. Anticipated maturity: 2000-2006.Importer: "Reserve" wines are imported exclusively by North Berkeley Imports Berkeley CA; tel (510) 848-8910; the other wines are Peter Vezan Selections (Paris Fax # 011-33-1-42-65-42-93) various importers including Skurnik in NY tel (516) 677-9300.