A WINE REGION IN FRANCE
Pouilly-Fuissé
Mineral, elegant Chardonnay with stone fruit, citrus, and crisp acidity; 1er Cru sites add complexity.
About Pouilly-Fuissé
Pouilly-Fuissé is a wine region in France, in the Burgundy area (classified AOP). It makes white wine. Our database holds 505 wines from here.
The grapes of Pouilly-Fuissé
The main grapes are Chardonnay. The appellation table lists them as: Chardonnay.
Style in the glass
Mineral, elegant Chardonnay with stone fruit, citrus, and crisp acidity; 1er Cru sites add complexity. It is a cool, dry place to grow grapes.
Climate and soil
Cool Continental with warm summers. Limestone and clay-rich slopes with excellent drainage; limestone fossils prevalent.
The rules
- Blending: 100% Chardonnay.
What to eat with Pouilly-Fuissé
Shellfish, white fish, goat cheese, risotto, light poultry.
More wine regions in France
Champagne, Meursault, Chablis, Chassagne-Montrachet, Pauillac, Gevrey-Chambertin, Châteauneuf-du-Pape and Vosne-Romanée.
Good to know
Pouilly-Fuissé is often conflated with generic Mâcon white—premium examples rival Côte de Beaune Chardonnay in complexity and ageability; price perception lags behind quality.
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