Chateau de Beauregard Macon
Château de Beauregard (Fuissé)
There have been Burriers in the region since 15th century, and at the Château de Beauregard for five generations. Currently Frédéric Burrier is in charge, as well as running a small négociant business under the name of his grandfather, Joseph Burrier, and leading the commission into the possibility of premiers crus for Pouilly. Domaine Georges Burrier (brother of Joseph) is also under the same ownership (since 2003), although run separately. Under the Château de Beauregard label more than a dozen different Puilly-Fuissés are produced, along with several wines from Mâcon, St-Véran, Fleurie and Moulin-à-Vent. The size of the estate – 42 hectares of which 30 are for white wines, including 23 in Pouilly-Fuissé- is testimony to some useful vineyard- bearing marriages across the generations, not least that of Joseph Burrier to Germaine Vincent of Château de Fuissé.
There has been a policy of identifying single-vineyard sites since 1995, with more separate bottlings seemingly appearing each year. In 2007 there was the first appearance of Les Murgers, and in 2008, Clos Gaillard. In addition to all the climates, there is a traditional blend under the Château de Beauregard name and a de luxe bottling, Grand Beauregard, which comprises one or two barrels from each of the best individual sites.
The vineyards are ploughed, except those most difficult of tractor access, and all the harvest is hand-picked. The grapes are crushed before pressing in Vaslin hydraulic presses. Frédéric Burrier resisted the temptation of replacing these with pneumatic versions: he ran experiments with them and did not like the results. The Château de Beauregard blend is partly fermented and matured in tank and part in barrel; the single-vineyard cuvées entirely barrel, using six different coopers to avoid the hand of any hand being too evident, and with about 15 per cent new wood.
It is impressive how clearly the character of each individual vineyard stands out in the separate bottlings.
Vers Cras Perhaps the vineyard closest to Frédéric Burrier’s heart as it surrounds his Château de Beauregard. The wines are fine and elegant versions of Pouilly-Fuissé with a precise, chiselled character upfront and a silky texture behind.
Vers Pouilly “This is the most Meursault-like of our wines” says Frédéric. It has the classically rich fruit of Fuissé squeezed into a mineral corset and would certainly accompany dishes with rich sauces.
Vignes Blanches Perhaps the most elegant of the Beauregard climat wines, with weight and length but especially a sense of harmony. A wine not suited to rich sauces but simpler grilled meat.
There have been Burriers in the region since 15th century, and at the Château de Beauregard for five generations. Currently Frédéric Burrier is in charge, as well as running a small négociant business under the name of his grandfather, Joseph Burrier, and leading the commission into the possibility of premiers crus for Pouilly. Domaine Georges Burrier (brother of Joseph) is also under the same ownership (since 2003), although run separately. Under the Château de Beauregard label more than a dozen different Puilly-Fuissés are produced, along with several wines from Mâcon, St-Véran, Fleurie and Moulin-à-Vent. The size of the estate – 42 hectares of which 30 are for white wines, including 23 in Pouilly-Fuissé- is testimony to some useful vineyard- bearing marriages across the generations, not least that of Joseph Burrier to Germaine Vincent of Château de Fuissé.
There has been a policy of identifying single-vineyard sites since 1995, with more separate bottlings seemingly appearing each year. In 2007 there was the first appearance of Les Murgers, and in 2008, Clos Gaillard. In addition to all the climates, there is a traditional blend under the Château de Beauregard name and a de luxe bottling, Grand Beauregard, which comprises one or two barrels from each of the best individual sites.
The vineyards are ploughed, except those most difficult of tractor access, and all the harvest is hand-picked. The grapes are crushed before pressing in Vaslin hydraulic presses. Frédéric Burrier resisted the temptation of replacing these with pneumatic versions: he ran experiments with them and did not like the results. The Château de Beauregard blend is partly fermented and matured in tank and part in barrel; the single-vineyard cuvées entirely barrel, using six different coopers to avoid the hand of any hand being too evident, and with about 15 per cent new wood.
It is impressive how clearly the character of each individual vineyard stands out in the separate bottlings.
Vers Cras Perhaps the vineyard closest to Frédéric Burrier’s heart as it surrounds his Château de Beauregard. The wines are fine and elegant versions of Pouilly-Fuissé with a precise, chiselled character upfront and a silky texture behind.
Vers Pouilly “This is the most Meursault-like of our wines” says Frédéric. It has the classically rich fruit of Fuissé squeezed into a mineral corset and would certainly accompany dishes with rich sauces.
Vignes Blanches Perhaps the most elegant of the Beauregard climat wines, with weight and length but especially a sense of harmony. A wine not suited to rich sauces but simpler grilled meat.
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