Mâcon-Fuissé «Les Chailles» AC

Mâcon-Fuissé «Les Chailles» AC
Region
Burgundy
Producer
Domaine Barraud
Vintage
2024
Grape varieties
  • 100% Chardonnay
Bottle size
75 cl
Alcohol
13.5%
Classification
AC
Special characteristic

Manual harvest followed by gentle pressing. Overnight sedimentation to clarify the juice, then wild-yeast fermentation in used oak barrels and stainless steel vats. After maturing for ten to 12 months, the wine is lightly fined and then bottled without filtration.

This Mâcon-Fuissé has a fine reductive quality on the nose, with ripe citrus and yellow and exotic fruit alongside subtle oak notes and hints of wet stone. Nice tension on a medium-bodied, juicy palate. The finish is long and citrus-driven, underscoring the wine's freshness and elegance.

Domaine Barraud is an organically farmed estate comprising 11 hectares of vineyard situated between the spectacular Mâconnais limestone escarpments of Solutré and Vergisson, where the soils are a mixture of limestone, clay and flint. With vines aged around 40 years old, Les Chailles is situated some 400 metres above sea level in the Mâcon-Fuissé appellation directly above the village of Fuissé. The plot lies directly adjacent to the prestigious Pouilly-Fuissé vineyard Les Châtaigniers.