Marcel Couturier Pouilly-Fuissé Clos Scellés 2023

While most of the estate's wines are bottled after 11 months ageing on fine lees, this is bottled after 15 months due to its intensity and strength of character. This Pouilly-Fuissé is a blend of two vineyards: Pouilly-Fuissé Clos Reyssié has vines more than 80 years old in Chaintre on silty, clay and limestone dominated soils; and Pouilly-Fuissé Les Scellés comes from vines more than 50 years old in Fuissé, planted on the hillside on schistous clay soils with an easterly exposure. Clos Scellés has a golden yellow colour. On the nose there are complex aromas of white flowers, yellow fruits, and candied lemons. On the palate, it is generous and mouth filling with a crisp, ‘sweet’ fruitiness, lots of finesse and a beautiful mineral finish.

2023 ‘This comes from the bottom (not 1er Cru) end of Clos Reyssier along with Les Scellés, on schist. Pale lemon in colour with a very pretty white fruit, lively, some depth balancing a crisper energy, then some cream at least in part from the barrel. White fruit throughout. Drink from 2026-2029. Tasted Jun 2025.’ 90 points, Jasper Morris M.W., January 2026.