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POUILLY FUISSÉ
2023 Alliance-Vergisson Domaine Barraud
| Grapes | Chardonnay |
| Colour | White |
| Origin | France, Burgundy |
| Other | Practising Organic |
| District | Mâconnais |
| Village | Pouilly Fuissé |
| ABV | 13.5% |
The 'Alliance' here is the coming together of 5 parcels: One in Fuissé (below Perrières) - the rest all around Vergisson. All the vines range between 50 - 70 years old. One of the parcels is on clay - 4 on limestone rock. Beautifully concentrated - there is superb depth. Gentle toastiness. Good, tightly furled fruit core with firm citrus flesh some pear and some firm peach. Quite a big boy for now. Nicely complex and lots to get your teeth in to. Lively mineral clean finish. L&S (Nov 2024)
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We offer free nationwide delivery on all orders over £150 (excluding Highlands & Islands). Express Delivery options also available.(from three vineyards located in Vergisson and Fuissé). Here too the nose is impossible to read in its present state where lactic elements dominate. The palate impression of the bigger and richer middle weight flavors is also more powerful though not necessarily finer before terminating in a sappy, balanced and lingering finale where the only reproach is a touch of warmth. Drinking range: 2028 - Rating: 89-91 Allen Meadows, www.Burghound.com (Oct 2024)
Domaine Barraud
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.
2025 CHRISTMAS RED & WHITE BURGUNDY MIXED CASE
Let's address the elephant in the room: Burgundy prices. It’s easy to assume that if you want 'proper' Burgundy this Christmas, the kind with soul, history, and that unmistakable terroir, you’re going to have to pay through the nose for it.
Well, we’re calling time on that myth.
We’ve built this 12-bottle case (containing two of each wine) to prove a point: you can enjoy authentic, grower-quality Burgundy without breaking the bank.
We've hunted down the insider whites that over-deliver. There’s the 2021 Bourgogne Blanc from Rémi Jobard, a wine with lovely fat richness from vines in Puligny and the Mâconnais. We have a creamy-textured 2022 Rully from P & M Jacqueson, and a proper 2023 Chablis 1er Cru Beauroy from the Dauvissat family that boasts classic crushed rock and oyster shell character. And for the main event, a stunning 2023 Pouilly Fuissé from Domaine Barraud, a big boy with superb depth.
For the reds, we’ve gone off the beaten track to find incredible value. The 2020 Marsannay 'Héritage' from Domaine Huguenot is certified organic and offers rich volume with lovely freshness. Finally, the 2021 Santenay Vieilles Vignes from Domaine de la Choupette is a supple and rounded wine with old vines ripeness that is just so easy to drink.
This case is your proof that you can have a classic Christmas and still afford the presents.
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