Pouilly-Fuissé 1er Cru Le Clos Monopole 2020

Château-Fuissé

Pouilly-Fuissé 1er Cru Le Clos Monopole
2020

$298.00

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Service fees
$ 50.00
Product code
15596134
Format
1 x 1500ml
Listing type
Private import
Status
Available
Type of product
Still wine
Licensee price
$248.00
Country
France
Regulated designation
Appellation origine controlée (AOC)
Region
Burgundy
Subregion
Maconnais
Appellation
Pouilly-Fuissé
Varietal(s)
Chardonnay 100 %
Colour
White
Sugar
Dry
Closure type
Cork
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About this winery

The Château de Fuissé, built in the heart of its eponymous village in the 16th century, has belonged to the Vincent family for 5 generations. Claude Bulland acquired the estate in 1862 for the production of wine, then in 1922, Jacques Vincent-Bulland became one of the co-founders of the Pouilly-Fuissé appellation. Each generation has set its own milestone, which today ensures international recognition of the quality of Château Fuissé products. In 1948, it was Marcel Vincent's turn to...

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Product notes

"Le Clos" Château-Fuissé, monopole ( 2.7 ha ) est une parcelle mythique ceinturant le Château de Fuissé. La succession de ses strates argilo-calcaires lui confère sa particularité géologique. Cette parcelle exposée sud-est dont l'âge moyen des vignes dépasse les 50 ans, offre un vin d’une très belle complexité, le plaçant parmi les plus Grands de la Bourgogne.

Production notes

Le Clos is fermented in barrels and aged in cool cellars under the château for 12 months. 80% of the barrels are new. The wine is then transferred to a state-of-the-art winemaking facility for clarification and bottling. Quantities are limited to less than 500 cases per year.

Tasting notes

Persistent yellow color beginning with aromas of ripe apples, pears, spices with a touch of oak. It is a rich wine, with expressive aromas and extraordinary finesse. The finish is carried by the mineral with a firm and striking acidity. Pairings with scallops, sweetbreads and cheese

Press reviews

Decanter World Wine Awards

- 95 points -

(Vintage 2020)

Ripe passionfruit and melon with a hint of coconut give this wine an exotic, tropical appeal on the nose. The oak is well-integrated and the texture is creamy and rich but not heavy, and there is enough acidity to carry all those rich aromas to a lovely, lingering finish.

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Vinous

- 94 points -

Neal Martin, June 2022 (Vintage 2020)

The 2020 Pouilly-Fuissé Le Clos 1er Cru which comes from the walled vineyard, the only officially-recognised Premier Cru monopole of 2.68ha, the vines eastfacing on three soils - clay at the bottom, marl in the middle and limestone at the top. It was picked on 30 August. The nose is quite reticent at first, so leaving the wine in my glass for 10 minutes, it really opens and shows its complexity thanks to the mélange of soils, honeysuckle and dried honey, lime and faint hints of liquorice. The palate is very well balanced with good depth, real weight and presence here, texturally-satisfying with impressive persistence on the finish. Excellent, but wise owls will cellar this for several years before broaching

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