Pouilly-Fuissé, Mâconnais

Marcel Couturier

First estate vintage 2005

Domaine Marcel Couturier works the southern Mâconnais from the commune of Fuissé, with Marcel now joined by his daughter Cladie and son Auxence. The estate's eleven hectares of Chardonnay lie across a geological fault, so several different soils meet within a small area, and many of the vines are well over seventy years old. Couturier is one of the few estate bottlers in the tiny appellation of Pouilly-Loché, and farms certified organic and biodynamic, with cover crops, home-made compost and poultry in the rows. In the cellar the wines are picked by hand, fermented with native yeasts and raised in mostly used barrels without bâtonnage. They are pure, fresh and firmly structured, southern Burgundy with serious ambition.

In the hamlet of Fuissé, at the heart of Pouilly-Fuissé, Marcel Couturier farms a small domaine of old Chardonnay vines alongside his daughter Cladie and son Auxence. It is very much a family affair, just eleven hectares, worked by hand and watched closely.

The vines are the heart of it. Sitting across a geological fault, they draw on a patchwork of soils within a tiny area, and many are well over seventy years old. The family farms organically and biodynamically, with cover crops, home-made compost and even poultry working the rows. In the cellar they do as little as possible: native-yeast ferments, old barrels, no fuss, so each wine tastes of where it grew.

Couturier is also one of the few growers to bottle its own Pouilly-Loché, a tiny, often-overlooked appellation. The wines on offer climb from easygoing village Mâcon up to the single-vineyard Pouilly-Fuissé Clos Scelles, honest, ageworthy white Burgundy from a family worth knowing.

The Indent Offer.

Our pre-arrival offer is open. Under the en primeur system you reserve the wines before they reach Australia, and in return we hold them at heavily reduced indent prices for pre-payment. Quantities are limited, so orders are filled first come, first served.

To secure your indent order, you can purchase the wines below directly through the online store. Alternatively, to reserve any of these wines, you can call or email your order through to the team at Cottesloe. We will hold your bottles at the indent price, with payment required before the wines arrive in August, and confirm pick up or delivery once the container lands.

Email: store@lamontscott.com.au | Phone: 9385 0666

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