Gilles Morat > Burgundy

MACONNAIS - POUILLY-FUISSE

An exciting new addition to the VOS Portfolio, this small domaine in Vergisson is producing vibrant, deeply fruited white wines with gorgeous aromatics and complex palates. These wines are all about finesse and pleasure, which they deliver in spades.

The domaine, previously called Chataigneraie-Laborier, is run lovingly by Gilles and Joelle Morat. The soils are worked naturally, turned by hand, no pesticides, no herbicides, natural fertilizer, small yields. Manual harvest.

Pouilly Fuisse

100% Chardonnay.

The perfect introduction to Gilles Morat’s precision-winemaking is his basic Pouilly Fuisse AOC bottling, of which 2004 is the first vintage made. It is made from hand-harvested Chardonnay grapes from several hillside parcels with different soils. For this cuvee, Morat chooses to ferment and age the wine in 60% stainless steel tanks and 40% barrels, which are several years old and hence do not impart oaky flavors. Morat’s goal is to produce a wine that shows the intensity and purity characteristic of outstanding vineyards and winemaking, but which is also very accessible upon release for its expressive and vivid fruit.

Pouilly-Fuisse "Belemnites"

100% Chardonnay.

This wine comes from various parcels possessing similar geologic characteristics: a high level of clay with a presence of fossils. These parcels are selected for their age and their small yield giving a wine of great aromatic intensity, fat and concentrated on the palate. The soils are worked naturally, they are turned by hand, no pesticides, no herbicides, natural fertilizer, small yields. Manual harvest.

The wine is raised in barrel for 10 to 12 months.

Pouilly-Fuisse "La Roche"

100% Chardonnay.

This single vineyard wine comes from a parcel at the top of the hill, on the eastern slope of the Mount of Vergisson, from soils dominated by limestone. This wine is full of character with an aromatic complexity evoking all of the citrus fruits; the palate is intense, both full of fruits and minerals. The vines are 40 plus years old.

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