Domaine du Roc des Boutires
Pouilly-Fuissé La Grange Murger
These old Chardonnay vines are planted in the southern end of Bourgogne, in one of the furthest West climats in Soultré Pouilly. La Grange Murger comes from a very small plot with east facing slopes and altitudes between 250-500 meters, higher than other Bourgogne AOCs ensuring freshness in the wine.
Vintage Factsheets
Domaine du Roc des Boutires works with a small 0.52 hectare plot in La Grange Murger with 30 year old vines planted on East facing slopes in a clay and limestone based soil.
- 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 50% oak barrels and 50% in stainless steel.
- Alcohol
- 13%
Very elegant and linear, the wine presents expressive aromas of citrus fruits, herbs, and white flowers, such as jasmine, underlined, saline notes appear on the finish.
Wine Spectator
92 Points
2022
"Saturated with peach, apple, citrus, floral and baking spice aromas and flavors, this complex, charming and mouthfilling white is open and lacy in texture, with precision balance. Ends with a mineral accent on the long, detailed aftertaste."
— Bruce Sanderson, 2024
