Château de Fuissé
The Vincent family's historic estate in Pouilly-Fuissé, home of the appellation's only monopole premier cru.
- Wine château
- 1 h 18 from Beaune
- Tastings on site
- 15th century
€285one way from Beaune with a private driver
At a glance
- Commune
- Fuissé · Saône-et-Loire
- Style
- Fortified village house with Renaissance porch
- Official website
- chateau-fuisse.fr
Getting there
Private driver from Beaune: 1 h 18 by road (107 km), €285 one way for the whole car.
Or add it to our full-day wine tour plus two hours, €700.
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About the château
In the heart of the village of Fuissé, in the Pouilly-Fuissé vineyards, stands a solid old house with a tower and a walled vineyard. It is the home of Château-Fuissé, owned by the same family since 1862. Today the estate covers about forty hectares of vines spread over more than a hundred plots.
History
The house has medieval origins, with a 15th-century tower and a Renaissance porch among its oldest features. In 1862 Claude Bulland, a farmer from neighbouring Vergisson who was looking for a farm to support his family, walked over to see a large building for sale in Fuissé. Though in poor condition, it had style, and beside it lay a walled vineyard of about 2.7 hectares.
Bulland took out a bank loan, a rare step at the time, to buy the estate. Hard years followed, with the war against Prussia in 1870 and then the phylloxera crisis. Five generations have since succeeded one another, from Claude Bulland to Antoine Vincent today, each adding to the family estate. The vineyard now covers about forty hectares divided into more than a hundred plots.
Architecture
Château-Fuissé is a village house of character rather than a grand château. Its most striking feature is a 15th-century tower, flanked by two yews clipped in the shape of wine bottles, together with a Renaissance porch. Beside the house lies Le Clos, a vineyard enclosed by dry-stone walls in the Burgundian way, facing south-east and planted with vines more than fifty years old.
Visiting
Tips for your visit
The estate receives visitors for sales and tastings by appointment only, so book ahead through the official website or by phone. The house itself is the family's home. Fuissé is a small village at the heart of the Pouilly-Fuissé appellation, with the Rock of Solutré and many other cellars close by.
Around here
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Questions
Château de Fuissé is about 1 h 18 from Beaune by road (107 km). With a private driver, the trip from Beaune starts at €285 for the whole car, up to 4 guests.
Did you know? In 2020 Le Clos, the walled vineyard beside the château, became the only monopole premier cru in the Pouilly-Fuissé appellation, meaning a single estate owns all of it.
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Château de Fuissé with a private driver
€285 one way from Beaune · up to 4 guests