Jules Desjourneys Pouilly-Fuissé 'Vignes Blanches' 2018
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TASTING NOTE: "Notes of crisp stone fruit, pear, freshly baked bread, white flowers and almonds, the 2018 Pouilly-Fuissé Vignes Blanches is medium to full-bodied, chiseled and electric, with tangy acids, impressive reserves of chalky dry extract and a long, intensely mineral finish. This is one of the most tightly wound wines in the range, and it's one that entirely transcends the stereotype of the vintage. It should prove notably long-lived." William Kelley, The Wine Advocate
- ABOUT THE WINE: Hand harvested and sorted, fermented with indigenous yeast. Elevage is 100% in barrel with some new oak. The oak is a slight feature on the nose but is superbly integrated in the palate. The new oak is rinsed with water to remove harsh young oak tannin before use.
- ABOUT THE PRODUCER: As one of the leading fine wine agents in Burgundy (representing DRC, Arnaud Ente and Coche-Dury among others), Fabien Duperray knows great wine, and has a good idea how to make it too. In 2007 he purchased ancient Gamay vineyards in Fleurie and Moulin-à-Vent (some over 140 years), and Chardonnay parcels in a range of Côte Maconnais appellations in 2014 (which he shares with Christophe Thibert). Farming is biodynamic, yields are very low, and his main focus is making the most balanced, age-worthy wines possible – an approach that has inspired a cult following and much critical acclaim. Fabien is a force-of-nature and very confident in his methods, although rather than put his own name on the label he called his Domaine ‘Jules Desjourneys’ – Jules after the late, great Beaujolais vigneron Jules Chauvet, and Desjourneys “because I liked how it sounded next to Jules”.
- COUNTRY: France
- REGION: Burgundy
- SUB-REGION: Maconnais
- VARIETAL: Chardonnay
- WINE STYLE: White Wine
- WINEMAKER: Fabien Duperray
- CLASSIFICATION: Minimal Intervention, Biodynamic Farming
- CLOSURE: Cork
- ABV%: 13%
- SIZE: 750ml
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