2022 Barraud Pouilly Fuisse En Buland

"The 2022 Pouilly-Fuissé En Buland, denied Premier Cru status due to the orientation of the vines, is populated by the oldest vines in the Domaine, planted in 1934 at over 10,000 vines per hectare. It has a gorgeous nose, perhaps the most effervescent amongst Barraud's cuvées, blood oranges mixed with fennel and peach skin with an underlying mineralité. The palate has exquisite balance, very poised, slightly honeyed in texture yet with the most tension of nervosité amongst Barraud's wine. With enormous length and precision, this comes highly recommended." Drink 2025 - 2045

"Daniel Barraud is now officially retired, and his son Julien is now in charge who briefly described 2021 as one "where we lost 50% of the potential crop to the April frost and then lost even more in Fuissé due to a late June hailstorm. Our yields there were a miniscule 7 hl/ha. We didn't make some of our normal cuvées as it was necessary to combine various vineyards to have sufficient quantities. Slightly more prominent wood frames aromas of ripe apple, fennel, wet stone and a plethora of citrus elements. The rich, concentrated and impressively scaled big-bodied flavors coat the palate with sappy dry extract that also buffers the firm acid spine shaping the bitter lemon zest and beautifully long if youthfully austere finish. En Buland always ages well, and the 2021 version should be no exception."