Domaine Saumaize-Michelin Pouilly-Fuisse La Marechaude
Get Rewards
Become a Member and Earn points & Exclusive Rewards every time you shop.
Itโs a very small operation; Roger and Christine work with a team of four people. Roger repeated several times that his โfirst goal is the optimum expression of terroir,โ and tasting is believing. We tasted through fifteen wines and each was very expressive and distinct. They make ten Pouilly-Fuisse, two Saint-Veran, one Vire-Clesse, and two Macon wines. Saumaize-Michelin has followed organic farming for twenty years and they have been practicing biodynamic farming since 2005, which is quite unique in the region, where herbicide use is common. Their vines average 50 years-old and the philosophy of the farming is to, in Roger's words, "capture the energy of the place". All of the grapes are hand-harvested and depending on the vintage and parcel, may be picked in several passes. The 'work' in the cellar is very straight forward; there is a gentle and slow pressing in two pneumatic presses. After the juice has settled for a day, itโs moved right into barrel for fermentation and aging. Wines are aged on the lees with occasional stirring for twelve months. The single-vineyard Pouilly-Fuisse wines are gorgeous expressions of their distinct terroir and four of Saumaize's ten Pouilly-Fuisse will soon be classified as 1er Cru: Vers Cras, les Crays, Clos sur la Roche, and Marechaudes. The INAO has not yet announced if the new classification will start in the 2020 vintage