POUILLY-FUISSÉ
VALLON D'OR 2022
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VARIETAL
The Chardonnay is the grape variety of the Pouilly-Fuissé.At least 8000 feet/ha
- Pruning method known as « Taille à queue du Mâconnais » (Maconnais tail pruning).
- Manual harvest.
- Yields of 48 hl/ha.
TASTING NOTES
Nice pale golden color with emerald highlights.
The nose, quite distinctive, reveals a delicate fruit aroma : white fruits (peach) and a mineral touch. Plenty of freshness.
The mouth is harmonious, well balanced, the flavors are both mineral and fruity. A wine with very nice typicity, refined, elegant, and full of charm.
FOOD AND WINE PAIRING
The Pouilly-Fuissé is a very pleasant wine to enjoy during the apéritif with almonds or salted snacks. Is also excellent paired with a tuna carpaccio, a grilled salmon with butter sauce, fish quenelles, mussels and fries, snails, oysters, white meats, a beef carpaccio, a terrine or aged goat cheeses.
SERVING SUGGESTIONS
Serve at a temperature of 12 to 14 °C. (54-57°F.).
AGEING POTENTIAL
This wine can be opened now or kept in the cellar for the next three years.
ORIGIN
The Pouilly-Fuissé appellation is situated in the south of the Maconnais’ vineyards. It spreads across the villages of Fuissé, Solutré-Pouilly, Vergisson, and Chaintré. As soon as the incline increases, in the south of Mâcon, around the renowned rocks of Vergisson and Solutré, the vineyard of Pouilly-Fuissé, on clay-limestone soil from the Jurassic era, entirely covers the abrupt hills on little parcels of steep slopes. The harvest is of approximately 40 000 hl for 761 hectares of vines.
On banks of crinoidal limestone, the vineyard lies on the sides and at the base of the rocks on gravelly scree and clay-limestone soils dating back to the Jurassic period. Note also the clay soils on a granitic bedrock in the westernmost part of the appellation.
- Steep incline.
- Eastern, south-eastern exposure.
- Altitude of 200 m to 350 m.
VINIFICATION AND MATURING
Manual picking allows for rigorous grape selection during the harvest. After a slight settling of the juice, the must is fermented in temperature-controlled stainless steel tanks. Maturing process on stainless steel tank for 80% of the blend and 20% on oak barrels during 10 to 12 months.
Vintage : 2022
This 2022 vintage promises to be one of great quality.
We had a rather rainy November, December and January, and February and March were rather cool, which slowed down the emergence of the buds and in turn prevented the frost problems that we had last year.
May was very, very hot providing great flowering conditions. June was then a little chaotic weather wise, as we had some warm mornings and then with violent storms after midday, sometimes with hail. However, at least nothing really bad in our Burgundy.
The harvest started in Côte de Beaune and Côte de Nuits around 29 August, which is still relatively early and we had to deal with diverse levels of ripening. Some parcels really stood up to the heat and have given wonderfully ripe grapes. Of course, everything was conditioned by how the vineyard was managed and the amount of exposure. But overall, we had wonderful wines from these parcels, from other parcels which experienced more dehydration. The very high temperatures meant a greater halt in ripening, giving grapes a little less ripe, so we had to wait to harvest them.
By the end of August, we already had fabulous colour extraction and the acidity was very well balanced. All this allowed to be very confident, heading for a great vintage.
In the Chablis area, some winegrowers started harvesting as August was ending, but most of them started harvesting in the first days of September.
The harvesters were relatively unaffected by the rains, which fell either in the late afternoon or at night. The foliage, which was still in good health, benefited from it. Thanks to the rain, juice concentration was limited and the bunches of grapes were able to provide a good balance between sugar content and acidity.
The harvest concluded the third week of September with a smile: neither the frost nor the drought prevented the vineyards from producing close to normal yields. However, the volumes harvested varied from one domain to another, with some estates easily reaching full production while others were below the appellation's yield.
Wines in the making are expressing notes of ripe fruit, pear and peach, while keeping their freshness. They are generous and have a good balance. Quality is definitely there as well.
After a year 2021 disturbed by a poor harvest, this 2022 vintage is a real breath of fresh air.
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