2020 Chateau de Fuisse Pouilly Fuisse Tete de Cru, Maconnais Burgundy

The nose has a lovely floral note and a ripe apple fruit touched with honey. It is a rich style, but it is balanced and very elegant, with a fleshy, powerful texture on the palate and impressive length. This complex wine is blended from more than 100 parcels. 30% is fermented in tank - this being the young vines from lieu-dit Vers Chane on schist and granite soils. The grapes are slowly pressed without destemming. Drink 2023 - 2040

91 points Charles Curtis MW at Burgundy May 2021 decanter.com

The Chateau de Fuisse is rich in history with the house dating back to the mid-15th century having been run by the Vincent family since 1882. The estate owns 32 hectares of vines, two-thirds within the Pouilly-Fuisse appellation with other holdings in St-Veran and the Mâcon. The limestone and clay soils of Pouilly-Fuisse are perfectly suited to the Chardonnay grape and the domaines holdings cover 104 plots, giving great diversity to the final wines which display great expression, concentration and minerality. The old vines of their Pouilly-Fuisse Le Clos is the pinnacle of their offerings and the quality is excellent across the range and provides great value.

Aged in oak barrels (60%) and stainless steel tanks (40%).

Château-Fuissé’s Pouilly-Fuissé Tête de Cuvée is sourced from more than 40 parcels and located throughout the estate’s 100-acre holdings. The personal touch of Antoine Vincent in the final blend makes this wine the representative example of the Pouilly-Fuissé appellation.