The Arbousieres 2005 Vouvray Demi-Sec Cuvee Les Girardieres smells of plum, herbal-floral distillate, almond paste and anise. Noticeably sweet coming on the heels of Fouquet’s “Cuvee Silex,” it preserves luscious plum along with honey, almond, and anise into a creamy, soothing finish. For some time now, Berhard Fouquet has been moving the quality of his distinctive, largely stainless steel-rendered Vouvrays into the exalted echelon of Foreau and Huet, which is to say challenging any of the world’s finest practitioners of white wine, and at an absolutely unbeatable price:quality ratio. His latest results all but confirm his arrival.Importer: Weygandt-Metzler, Unionville, PA; tel. (610) 486-0800