Chateau Fuisse Pouilly-Fuisse Tete de Cuvee 2017
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An excellent example of the true potential of the wines of Pouilly-Fuissé and a great introduction to the wines of Château Fuissé. The wine is rich and robust in the mouth, but retains it’s lean acidity and freshness throughout.
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A captivating blend of ripe apricot, pineapple and citrus underpinned by a decadent creamy oak core; textured, rounded, full of drive and sizzling acidity carrying through to the mouthwatering finish.
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A blend from over 40 parcels across the estate, this wine is generous and rich. A light touch of wood enhances the fruitiness and fresh acidity. Structured at the end, the wine is ready to drink.
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This white offers an enticing expression of ripe peach, apricot, honeysuckle and honey aromas and flavors. Ripe and creamy, with a lingering aftertaste. Drink now through 2024.
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A 15th Century tower flanks Chateau Fuisse, a family home whose history is evidenced by a number of 300 year old artifacts and adornment. The estate of Chateau Fuisse includes vines exceeding 60 years of age that are vinified and bottled separately as Vieilles Vignes -a remarkably powerful, intense Chardonnay with aging capability of up to 15 years or more in bottle. The "normal" Chateau Fuisse is also a selection from older vines at least 25 years of age, and as a rule is focused and concentrated, rich yet very firmly held together. From the estate, three further bottlings come from individual plots or climates: Le Clos, a profound, powerful Chardonnay from the dense clay enclosure behind the chateau; Les Combettes, a superbly aromatic wine of great finesse from a very stony calcareous clay slope; and Les Brules, a south facing slope "burnt" by the sun. All the wines bearing the chateau label are barrel fermented in various oaks. The current owner and winemaker is Jean-Jacques Vincent, great-grandson of the founder, now assisted by his daughter Benedicte. A professor of enology, Jean-Jacques is as alert to modern innovations as he is loyal to proven traditional methods.