Winemaker Notes
From a charming vintage, this Pouilly has notes of lemon and white flowers with great volume on the palate and strong structure with floral and flinty notes.
Professional Ratings
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Wine Spectator
Rich and creamy in texture, this offers flavors of white flowers, peach and melon, backed by mineral and pastry accents. Lively and beautifully balanced, this has a long aftertaste of lemon and baking spices. Complex and charming. Drink now through 2028.
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James Suckling
This is a creamy Pouilly-Fuissé showing custard, vanilla pastries, apricots and hazelnuts on the nose. Medium- to full-bodied, rounded and supple with a soft finish. Blend of chardonnay from five lieu-dits in the village of Pouilly.
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Vinous
The 2022 Pouilly-Fuissé has a clean and precise bouquet, tightly knit, green apple and hints of lime coming through. The palate is well balanced with a lemony opening. Harmonious, this PouillyFuissé packs the quality more in the mouth than on the nose. Fine purity on the finish.
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Jasper Morris
Mostly from the Pouilly sector. Bright pale lemon. I would take this for more of a hillside Pouilly-Fuissé, indeed I would definitely take this. Pure white orchard fruit at first, a little oak behind but well integrated, with a good backbone built around the acidity. An attractive crunch to finish.
One of the most popular and versatile white wine grapes, Chardonnay offers a wide range of flavors and styles depending on where it is grown and how it is made. While it tends to flourish in most environments, Chardonnay from its Burgundian homeland produces some of the most remarkable and longest lived examples. California produces both oaky, buttery styles and leaner, European-inspired wines. Somm Secret—The Burgundian subregion of Chablis, while typically using older oak barrels, produces a bright style similar to the unoaked style. Anyone who doesn't like oaky Chardonnay would likely enjoy Chablis.
The source of some of the most sought-after white wines of the Mâconnais, Pouilly-Fuissé is produced exclusively from the Chardonnay grape and tends to be slightly richer in style than wines from its northern neighbor, the Côte de Beaune—mainly due to warmer weather. Wines from Pouilly-Fuissé have some versatility; they can be enjoyed young and can also often improve with a little time in the cellar. Pouilly-Fuissé wines are considered some of the best values for white Burgundy.
Similar to the Côte de Beaune, the soils of Pouilly-Fuissé are mainly limestone and clay. The appellation includes the communes of Fuissé, Solutré (which includes Pouilly), Vergisson and Chaintré. The richest Chardonnay comes from Fuissé and Solutré-Pouilly, whereas the Chardonnay at higher elevation, from Vergisson, expresses more minerality and finesse. Pairing Pouilly-Fuissé with lobster or King Crab will bring great joy not only to your palate—but also your pocketbook!