Pouilly Fuissé Cuvée Marie Antoinette Vincent 2018
Famille Vincent
Famille Vincent Pouilly-Fuissé Cuvée Marie Antoinette is a tribute to Antoine Vincent’s grandmother mother, Marie Antoinette Vincent. The wine is sourced from several parcels including young vines from the Château Fuissé vineyards of Le Clos, Les Brûlés and Les Combettes as well as several non-domaine yet family owned parcels throughout the appellation.
Cuvée Marie Antoinette is created with a fresh, youthful profile in mind. The grapes are vinified in stainless steel tank with only about 25% of the total blend seeing any time in oak. The resulting wine is pleasing, refreshing and crisp on the palate, with youthful layers of acidity, apple, peach and vanilla.
On Bourgogne Blanc page:
Famille Vincent Bourgogne Blanc is a tribute to Jean Jacques Vincent who managed the family domaine of Château Fuissé for over past 40 years. It is a distinctive wine exclusively from the southern part of Burgundy near Mâcon and Pouilly Fuissé. The Mâconnais area offers naturally rich soils with a high proportion of clay which leads to a wine rich in mineral character.
Summer temperatures are generally higher in the Macon than in northern Burgundy, affording the wines rich and ripe fruit character and soft acidity. The full maturity of the skins adds an extra dimension to the grapes, a ripe exotic character, with hints of brioche.
To preserve the fresh fruit characters, 70% of the wine is vinified in stainless steel tanks with the remainder sees about 6 months in oak barrels.
Additional Information
Pale yellow color with hints of green. You get on the nose a touch of oak, lots of finesse and minerality with white flowers, lemon and apple scents. On the mouth, the wine is fresh, round and fruity with aromas of melon, kiwi, peaches and apricot and a nice minerality. Overall, the wine is nicely balanced and fresh with a great length.
Technical Details
- Appellation: Pouilly-Fuissé
- Winemaker: Antoine Vincent
- Sustainability: Sustainable Practices
- Soil: Limestone, clay, sand
- Alcohol: 12%
- Sizes Available: 12/750ml, 12/375ml
- Varietals: 100% Chardonnay
Recent Press
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Score: 88 Points
Wine Spectator Author: Bruce Sanderson
Date: Thursday, August 5, 2021"The richness of this fresh, lively white is tempered by its juicy acidity, making the peach, melon and lemon flavors accessible. Drink now. 6,000 cases made, 5,000 cases imported." -
Score: 88 Points
Wine Spectator Author: Bruce Sanderson
Date: Thursday, August 5, 2021"The richness of this fresh, lively white is tempered by its juicy acidity, making the peach, melon and lemon flavors accessible. Drink now. 6,000 cases made, 5,000 cases imported." -
Forbes Author: Lana Bortolot
Date: Tuesday, February 23, 2021Weathering The Storm With Winter White Wines -- "A tasty medium-bodied wine with yellow apple and juicy pear flavors, lemon curd, slightly botanic, a friendly player with soft cheeses, creamy pastas, sausage." -
Burghound Author: Allen Meadows
Date: Thursday, October 10, 2019"There is a touch of petrol to the essence of pear, apple and white flower aromas that exhibit a top note of grapefruit. The racy and tension-filled medium weight flavors possess fine depth on the refreshing and bitter lemon-inflected finish that is attractively dry if ever-so-mildly warm finale."Grade: 89-91 points
