Domaine Treuillet, Pouilly Fume 2020

Further, his wines are aged in stainless steel to emphasise its vibrancy, minerality and fragrant character.

Sebastien Treuillet is the first in his farming family to be a vigneron. Previously they have all been cereal producers. Indeed Sebastien still looks after 140 hectares of cereals in addition to his 12 hectares of vines. The majority of his vines are in the Pouilly-Fume appellation but he also has 3.5 ha in the Coteaux du Giennois and 2 hectares of vin de pays.'I started to get into vines and wine when I was around 15 as I had a friend in Sancerre whose family were vignerons and I would go and stay there,' Sebastien explains. 'After working in Sancerre for Pierre Dezat (Verdigny) and then the Champaults (Champtin) I started up on my own in 1991.'He has a number of different parcels on different soils argile-kimmeridgean, sandy soils as well as some caillottes limestone dominated, with very little soil. On the argile-kimmeridgean soils Sebastien is unusual in using the Courson-Royat pruning system, which he finds keeps the yields down, whereas on his more sandy soils he has the Guyot system, which is classic in this area