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Pouilly-Fuissé

Appellation

Pouilly-Fuissé is an appellation in France, covering 800.7 ha across 4 communes. The rules allow white wine, based on Chardonnay. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks. It lies 3.8 km south-west of Charnay-lès-Mâcon and 7 km west of Mâcon.

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Key facts

Type
AOC
Category
Vin tranquille
Protected since
1973-09-18
Area
800.7 ha
Extent N–S × E–W
7.81 × 5.0 km
Centre
46.2877° N, 4.7446° E
Grapes
Chardonnay
Max yield
70 hl/ha
Min planting density
8,000 vines/ha
INAO office
Mâcon

Where it is

Nearest town
3.8 km south-west of Charnay-lès-Mâcon
Nearest city
7 km west of Mâcon 35,484 people
To the sea
301 km
Same latitude
Red Mountain (United States)

Distances from the centre of the place. Towns: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Sea, rivers and lakes: Natural Earth.

Terrain

Elevation
212–447 m
Mean elevation
304 m
Mean slope
8.3° (15 %)
Steepest tenth
above 14°
Faces
east

Measured over the whole outline on 12,989 elevation cells of about 26 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).

Wines and grape rules

Pouilly-Fuissé White
Chardonnay
max 70 hl/ha · min 8,000 vines/ha
Pouilly-Fuissé Suivie du Nom d’Une Unité Géographique Plus Petite White
Chardonnay
max 68 hl/ha · min 8,000 vines/ha
Pouilly-Fuissé Premier Cru White
Chardonnay
max 62 hl/ha · min 8,000 vines/ha

Vintages: Burgundy (red)

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510
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520
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324

Vintages: Burgundy and Chablis (white)

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510
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Atlas editorial scores: a consensus of widely published vintage reports, not one critic's view. Scores for 2023 and 2024 are early and can change as the wines develop. Scale 1 to 5.

Bedrock

Regional bedrock from the GLiM global lithological map (Hartmann and Moosdorf 2012), not a soil survey.

Communes · 4

Inside Pouilly-Fuissé · 24

Wineries · 15

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Sources

EU register of geographical indications · INAO, Délimitation parcellaire des AOC viticoles (Licence Ouverte 2.0)

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