Description
White Wine: 1990 | Maison Fougeray De Beauclair | Marsannay Les Aiges Pruniers
The wine is light-golden in color. The open and straightforward aroma of wine is filled with tones of acacia, pineapple, lemon grass, pear, peach.
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Producer: Maison Fougeray De Beauclair
Vintage: 1990
Size: 750ml
ABV: 13%
Varietal: Chardonnay
Country/Region: France, Burgundy
The wine is light-golden in color. The open and straightforward aroma of wine is filled with tones of acacia, pineapple, lemon grass, pear, peach. The taste of wine is rich, roundish, silky, with shades of acacia and lime blossoms, a long aftertaste.
Producer Information
Most famous for their Bonnes-Mares and their Clos Marion, the family business of Domaine Fougeray de Beauclair was founded about 1979 when Jean-Louis Fougeray, the father of the current owners, a man who by day worked in administration and by night tending his vines, made his very first cuve. It was from a quarter hectare of Marsannay vines in the family since 1972 this was the start for Domaine Fougeray. That Marsannay cuve was only 500 bottles and Jean-Louis took them all to Paris to sell. Laurence Olliver (ne Fougeray) says that her father was born to work in the vineyard, it was his passion. If Jean-Louis took the first steps to commercialisation, it was his father (the grandfather of Laurence and her sister Evelyne) that sowed the seeds for the size of the current operation (18 hectares); he had worked with the Clair family of the renowned Clair-Da estate and there was a strong bond of friendship. That bond continued into the next generation with Bernard Clair and Jean-Louis Fougeray. For family reasons that are best left in the Clair family, in 1986 Bernard Clair was retiring and decided that he would lease some vines to his friend Jean-Louis Fougeray who was by then already exploiting 11 hectares, rather than as expected pass them to the next generation of the Clairs. Those were not just any old vines, they included a special parcel of Bonnes-Mares, some Chambolle-Musigny and more Marsannay. In so doing, they grounded the re-named Domaine Fougeray de Beauclair Beauclair coming from a blend of Jean-Louis wifes name and Clair. Day to day responsibility for the domaine now rests with Jean-Louis daughter Laurence and her husband Patrice Olliver. They also own a wine-making operation in the Languedoc (Mas Val Grieux) which, starting in 1999 they created themselves, rather than buying an existing operation. Jean-Louis still works, but now in the Languedoc.
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