J.J. Vincent Pouilly Fuissé Marie Antoinette 2023

If you like flavorful, elegant, dry whites, this Pouilly-Fuissé is the perfect wine for you. This Pouilly-Fuissé is outstanding, exhibiting real terroir coupled with fresh, pure fruit flavors. It is our favorite vintage in 10+ years! Made of 100% Chardonnay, 'Marie Antoinette' Pouilly Fuissé is made from grapes grown in several parcels belonging to the Vincent family, and the wine is named after winemaker Antoine Vincent's grandmother, Marie Antoinette Vincent. The soils of the different vineyards impart their own special characteristics into the wine. The stony soils of the Vergisson Vineyards provide the beautiful acidity, elegance and minerality, while the clay soils in the Fuissé vineyard give the wine its full-bodied structure and generous fruit character. Vinified separately in small oak barrels by Antoine, and then blended to achieve a well-balanced Pouilly Fuissé, combining all the wonderful characteristics of the different 'terroirs'.   

The 'Marie Antoinette' is one of the family's wines under the 'JJ' label, named for Jean-Jacques Vincent, Antoine's father. A New York Times favorite, they called it 'deliciously focused and refreshing...the Marie-Antoinette is weighty yet focused with smoky fruit and mineral flavors. 3 Stars.'  The 2022 vintage was also a TOP 100 WINE OF YEAR 2024 #69. This 2023 is a terrific follow-up.