i. Biography
Cellar direction at Domaine J.-A. Ferret in Fuissé, France, from 2008 to 2023 placed Audrey Braccini inside one of Pouilly-Fuissé’s tighter modern cellar logics. The work is defined by control at the point where site and cellar meet: protecting Chardonnay’s brightness, preserving site distinction, and avoiding anything that would blur the weather of each parcel.
The Path
Technical grounding began at Montpellier, where Audrey Braccini built the framework that later shaped a more exacting cellar practice. Work as an auditor at industry alimentaire followed, bringing precision into the daily routine, before a period as a winemaker making red wines in Beaujolais added practical cellar experience and direct contact with terroir. The through-line is consistency: a cellar approach that keeps the wines tied to place rather than to mannerism.
The Work Today
Pouilly-Fuissé has been the center of Audrey Braccini’s work since 2008. The style leans toward freshness and brightness while keeping Chardonnay purity intact and leaving room for each site to read clearly in the glass. The register is one of clarity over weight. Pouilly-Fuissé Clos des Prouges is the clearest example. The single-vineyard cuvée comes from a 2-hectare Clos in the center of Fuissé, with old vines, some over 70 years old, giving the wine a defined viticultural base rather than a generic village profile. In that kind of wine, the cellar task is not to impose a shape, but to hold the line between parcel identity and finished wine. Les Menetrières 2020 and Les Perrières 2020 are among the other named works from the domaine. Tournant de Pouilly belongs to the same body of Fuissé work, extending the range across distinct parcels and vintages and showing how Audrey Braccini’s approach is carried through more than one named expression.
Signature
Audrey Braccini's signature wines include Les Menetrieres and Les Perrieres.
Acclaim
Cellar director at Domaine J.-A. Ferret is the role that defines Audrey Braccini’s recognition across the 2008–2023 span of her work there. In Pouilly-Fuissé, recognition tends to come through the consistency of named cuvées rather than broad claims, and through the discipline required to keep a cellar program coherent over time. Clos des Prouges is the strongest reference point: a single-vineyard wine from a 2-hectare Clos at the center of Fuissé, with old vines that include plants more than 70 years old. Alongside Les Menetrières 2020, Les Perrières 2020, and Tournant de Pouilly, it lays out the terms of Audrey Braccini’s cellar language: early clarity, site precision, and Chardonnay purity.
Profile updated July 2026
FAQ
Asked of Audrey
Where did Audrey Braccini train or study?
Audrey Braccini trained at Montpellier.
What is Audrey Braccini known for?
Pouilly-Fuissé.
