Domaine du Roc des Boutires
Pouilly-Fuissé En Bertilionne
This wine is exclusively coming from the terroir ‘En Bertilionne’ the highest terroir of Pouilly-Solutré village sitting at 350m elevation with deep chalky limestones marls.
Vintage Factsheets
Produced exclusively from the ‘En Bertilionne’ climat, where Domaine du Roc des Boutires works with a 0.57 hectare plot. 45 year old vines are planted in limestone soils interlaced with marl and chalk on slopes facing East/southeast.
- Region
- Bourgogne
- Appellation
- Mâconnais
- Sub-Appellation
- Pouilly-Fuissé AOP
- Varietal Composition
- Chardonnay
- Aging
- The grapes are pressed as soon as the harvest arrives at the cellar in Moulin à Vent; the press is filled by gravity. Whole bunch pressing and settling at low temperature (8°C). Slow fermentation at low temperature for about 1 month followed by malolactic fermentation over 6 months. The wine is aged for 15 months in 70% oak barrels and 30% in stainless steel.
- Alcohol
- 13%
The palate is vibrant, with a hint of bitterness and biting acidity. The balance is harmonious and highly nuanced, with notes of peach and honeysuckle
Wine Spectator
92 Points
2022
"A lush, creamy white, featuring oyster shell, peach, citronella and buttered pastry aromas and flavors. Harmonious and silky, with fine intensity and a long aftertaste echoing the mineral, fruit and oak elements."
— Bruce Sanderson, 2024
