Domaine Daniel Barraud

Web Site:http://barraud.daniel.free.fr/

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Enologist: Daniel Barraud

History: Daniel and Martine Barraud?s vineyards in Vergisson are mostly high up under the famous rock (Vergisson lies between the two dramatic cliffs of the rocks of Solutré and Vergisson). The vineyards here are significantly higher than those of Fuissé, and consequently later-ripening, and the wines often have a more solid structure - but all Daniel's wines have their own character, from the Puligny-like directness of the La Roche to the fat, almost California-like 'en Buland', via the mineral force of the Crays.

Barraud is unquestionably in the very top echelon of producers in Poilly-Fuisse. [He] is crafting superlative wines that equal or surpass the finest offerings of the Cote de Beaune’s grand cru vineyards.” -The Wine Advocate Vergisson is one of the four communes in the Pouilly-Fuisse appellation, with Fuisse, Solutre-Pouilly, and Chaintre. Estate bottling here is quite recent in comparison to Fuisse. A neighbor of Jean-Marie Guffens, Daniel Barraud is one of a new generation of young winemakers who are combining traditional farming techniques with clean, precise winemaking. The Barraud method is to allow the grapes in each vineyard to reach optimum ripeness prior to picking. Each parcel is then vinified and bottled individually, thus reflecting the terroir of each particular site. Barraud’s wines are crafted using non-interventionist philosophies of vinification. Fermentation occurs via indigenous yeast and all wines are bottled unfined and unfiltered (as a result, these wines may throw a sediment!). Depending on vintage and vineyard, wines are aged in 20% to 100% new barriques.

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