Domaine du Roc des Boutires
Bourgogne Blanc
On a quest for excellence, the Domaine has formed an alliance with three key partners for the Bourgogne Blanc. The grapes are carefully sourced from the best producers in various communes. The final blend for this cuvée comes from the regional AOC Bourgogne Blanc, and grapes selected from villages further north.
Vintage Factsheets
Coming from Leynes, the original source west of Pouilly, represents the backbone of the wine. The soils are particularly clayey and the vineyard is planted at a high altitude with a cool environment. Also coming from Blanot, which is halfway between Cruzilles and Péronne, in the Northern part of Pouilly, and is famous for its jurassic limestones. The vines are 30 years old on average and planted closely at 10,000 vines per hectare.
- Region
- Bourgogne
- Appellation
- Bourgogne
- Sub-Appellation
- Bourgogne Blanc AOP
- Varietal Composition
- Chardonnay
- Aging
- 12 months in 5% oak barrels and 95% in stainless steel.
- Alcohol
- 13%
The wine combines roundness and depth, typical of great Mâcon wines, along with the balance, freshness and elegance of the Chardonnays further north.
James Suckling
90 Points
2022
“Showing notes of apricots, lemon curd, honeysuckle and baked apples. Creamy and ripe but bright and lively, full-bodied and fresh. Delicious now.”
— James Suckling, 2024