Back to wine list

POUILLY FUISSÉ

2016 Alliance-Vergisson Domaine Daniel Barraud

EN PRIMEUR
ChardonnayWhiteFrance,BurgundyMâconnaisPouilly Fuissé 13%

Good clean sweeping attack. This is clean cut yet broad and enveloping. Weighted but bright. Interesting. I really like the spice hit of ginger, the soft 'pain d'epice' note. This does does fan out on the finish and the fruit weight builds. Definitely Pouilly!L&S (Dec 2017)

* This is a pre-shipment/primeur offer. All orders are accepted under the TERMS of this offer which differ from the terms of the rest of the site.

(from three vineyards located in Vergisson and Fuissé). This is reduced at present and in need of aeration if you’re going to try a bottle young. On the plus side there is slightly better verve if not quite the concentration to the medium-bodied flavors that possess a sumptuous mouth feel while culminating in a juicy and punchy if not especially complex tangy sour-sweet finish. 2020+ Rating: 89 Allen Meadows, www.Burghound.com (Oct 2018)

A chunkier, more foursquare wine, the 2016 Pouilly-Fuissé “Alliance” Vieilles Vignes offers up a youthfully reserved bouquet of yellow orchard fruit, peach and flowers. On the palate, it's full-bodied, rich and dense, with serious mid-palate density and substance, underpinned by juicy balancing acids. Its élevage is divided equally between stainless steel tank, demi-muids and barrels. Note that this year the blend includes the Barrauds' holdings in Les Chataigniers, which were struck hard by hail and likely contribute additional richness to the cuvée. Drinking range: 2018 - 2026 Rating: 90+ William Kelley, The Wine Advocate (Aug 2018)

(from three vineyards located in Vergisson and Fuissé). This too is very firmly reduced at present. On the plus side there is slightly better verve if not quite the concentration though even so the mouth feel is lavish and even sumptuous while culminating in a juicy and punchy if not especially complex finish. That said, I suspect that this powerful effort will develop more depth if it is allowed a few years of cellar time first. Drinking range: 2020 - Rating: 88-91 Allen Meadows, www.Burghound.com (Jan 2018)

(one-third done in cuve but also got a bit of new oak; this bottling is made from four parcels in Vergisson, one of them lost to hail in 2016): Bright medium yellow. Musky, complex scents of peach, nectarine and citrus fruits show enticing lift. An attractive glyceral midweight with fine-grained lemon and saline flavors complicated by a touch of exotic fruits and lifted by a floral nuance. Quite dry and classic--and nicely balanced from the outset. Finishes with good saline grip and length and a light touch. Classic Pouilly-Fuissé. Rating: 89-91 Stephen Tanzer, www.vinousmedia.com (Dec 2017)

We still see Daniel Barraud when we visit but today his children Julien and Anaïs are at the helm here now. They have vineyards in Vergisson that are mostly high up under the famous rock (Vergisson lies between the two dramatic cliffs of the rocks of Solutré and Vergisson). The vineyards here are significantly higher than those of Fuissé, and are consequently later-ripening, and the wines often have a more solid structure - but they each have their own distinct characters, from the Puligny-like directness of the La Roche to the fat richness of the 'en Buland', via the mineral force of the Crays.

All the wines are made keeping close to the tenets of bio-dynamics - not for the sake of it - but because over the generations experience has taught them that these principles really are the best way forward - as such they only ever bottle on a waning moon. All the wines see some barrel ageing apart from the Chaintré, which is aged in foudre (2/3) and tank.

As Allen Meadows wrote on www.Burghound.com 'I have said this before, but I will say it again: no one makes better wine in the Mâconnais than Barraud. There are a few domaines that produce wines that are sometimes just as good, ... but none of them surpasses the quality he consistently produces. If you aren’t familiar with the wines, you owe it to yourself and your pocketbook to check them out.'

With the 2022 releases this 11 HA domaine is now officially certified organic. Formalising the way they have been working for years.

The Barrauds have four vineyards that have been upgraded to Premier Cru status: 'En France', 'Les Crays', 'Sur la Roche', and la Verchère, although this last one will change its name to 'La Maréchaude' but retaining the parcel name of Verchère too. It's one of those oddities of such classifications that the vineyard which has consistently produced the Barraud's best wine for all the years that we have known them, 'En Buland', is not classified Premier Cru status as it faces north - this is electric in 2022.

ORDERING VIA OUR WEBSITE:

  • We will respond as quickly as possible with confirmation of your order and your invoice.

Please note that certain wines are on very tight allocations and will first be offered to customers who buy across the range. If you have any queries, please email our primeurs team or speak to your usual L&S contact.

ORDERING VIA EMAIL:

Please feel free to email us at any time. This list can include wines listed as available on the website, as well as those marked 'To Be Advised'. We will reply as soon as possible with confirmation of what we can offer.

STORAGE OPTIONS:

Wines bought en primeur are scheduled to arrive in the UK over the course of the next eighteen months. If you do not wish to take home delivery, you may wish to consider where you would like the wines shipped on arrival in the UK. Lea & Sandeman offers duty paid and in bond storage through a dedicated storage company called Elephant Storage. For more details on the terms and fees associated with storage please go to our Storage Homepage or contact our primeurs team for more information.

While helpful, we do not require a firm commitment on delivery destination to process your primeur order at this stage. Our team will be in contact with you when your wines arrive in the UK to confirm the necessary delivery details.

BURGUNDY EN PRIMEUR FAQ

OFFER: All wines are offered subject to availability and final confirmation.

PRICING: All prices are quoted IN BOND ex-VAT, by the case size stated. Please double check that the desired case size does match what is being offered as wines are variously listed in threes, sixes, dozens, halves and larger formats.

DELIVERY - TIMING: This is a primeur offer so the wines are not yet physically available for delivery. They will be shipped to the UK over the next eighteen months. Generally, wines are shipped to your nominated location once the whole order has landed in our London City Bond account. If you require wines to be delivered by a certain date, please advise us at the time of ordering.

DELIVERY - FEES: In bond delivery to an Elephant Storage account (for more information see 'Storage Options' opposite) is free of charge. Transfer of wines to any third-party bond (i.e. not Elephant Storage) will incur an administration charge of £16.50 + VAT for all orders under £1,000. Please indicate if you would like the wine duty paid and a duty & VAT invoice will be raised once all the wines on your order are available for shipment. Once the relevant duty & VAT has been settled, we will ship the wines to your nominated address as per our normal duty paid Delivery Terms.

PAYMENT: All orders will be invoiced for immediate payment by cheque, cash, debit card or cleared funds to our account. We regret that we cannot accept credit cards for primeur orders. We reserve the right to apply a dunning charge of 2% per month on invoices unpaid after 30 days.