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News of the vineyard18/09/2020
For the past decade, the Organisme de Défense et de Gestion management body for the Pouilly-Fuissé AOC has been working with the INAO to have Premier Cru wines from this appellation finally recognized. Nothing has been overlooked with the reputation, usage, and natural characteristics of each plot being scrupulously studied down to the tiniest detail.
This work has resulted in the classification of 22 Premier Cru Climats, representing 194 hectares, or 24% of the total Pouilly-Fuissé AOC. They are spread across the appellation’s four communes, namely Chaintré, Fuissé, Solutré-Pouilly, and Vergisson.
Unlike the other Bourgogne Village AOCs, those from the Mâconnais have never had any Climats classified as Premier Cru. The ODG management body of the Pouilly-Fuissé AOC was the first to request that the superior characteristics of certain plots should be acknowledged. The application for these plots to be upgraded to Premier Cru status was first lodged in 2010.
Sources: INAO
After the INAO decision, the winegrowers of Pouilly-Fuissé are now wainting for the decrete that shall be signed by the French Minister of Agrictulure.
Even if the signature came in 2021, the grappes harvested in 2020 will be granted as Premier Cru. The producers have grown and harvested them according to the new level of AOC.
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