Domaine Ferret

Situated in the heart of Fuissé, Domaine Ferret has long been a producer of top Pouilly-Fuissé cuvées. The estate was managed by the Ferret family from its founding in 1840 until it was purchased by Louis Jadot in 2008.

Domaine Ferret has played a key role in defining the quality of the region. It was the first domaine in Pouilly-Fuissé to begin bottling on the estate, shortly after the Second World War. Further, its long-standing focus on ...

The Pouilly-Fuissé vineyards lie on a narrow band of land in southern Burgundy. Since the creation of the appellation in 1936, only wines from the villages of Chaintré, Fuissé, Solutré-Pouilly and Vergisson are authorized to bear the Pouilly-Fuissé name. Domaine Ferret’s estate vineyards comprise 42 acres throughout the Pouilly-Fuissé appellation; 22.4 in the amphitheatre of hills surrounding the town of Fuissé, 9.65 near the Roche de Vergisso...

Since 1840 Domaine Ferret has had an uninterrupted tradition of women as winemaker, a tradition that has been continued by Audrey Braccini since 2008.

Audrey Braccini was born in 1979 in the Lorraine region of northeast France, where she grew up admiring her father’s dedication to cultivating his wine cellar. Inspired by his passion, Braccini moved to the heart of the renowned wine region of Languedoc-Roussillon, and enrolled in Montpellier...

LE CLOS / The east-facing parcel of vines known as Le Clos is a monopole on 1.725 acres of land that runs between the Domaine Ferret property and the village church, abutting the property's house. One third of the vines are about 20 years old and the other two thirds are at least 40. The soil is derived from alluvial deposits and consists of deep silt and clay with a subsoil streaked with limestone and limestone marl.

LES PERRIÈRES / The 2....