92pts Vinous

It has a perfumed bouquet with pressed yellow flowers, white peach, gooseberry and light sea spray scents that unfold in the glass. The palate is taut and fresh. There’s impressive depth, considering the vintage, with attractive orange pith and mango notes. Orange rind and a touch of spice appear on the finish.

Vineyard Profile

Clay and limestone soils. The ‘vieilles vignes’ of Chardonnay, located at the southern end of Burgundy, are planted between 250 and 500 meters in altitude, higher than the others AOC from Bourgogne. Thus, they provide both maturity and freshness to the wines.

Vine Age: 30-year old vines
Density: 10,000 vines per hectare
Vintage Report
A late year with heterogeneous maturity and low yields due to spring frost and humidity. Slow but accomplished maturity.

Vinification

The grapes are pressed as soon as the harvest arrives; the press is filled by gravity, Whole bunch pressing. Settling at low temperature (8°C). Slow fermentation at low temperature for about 1 month. Malolactic over 6 months.

Tasting Notes

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.

Winery Notes

In the village of Pouilly, in the heart of Pouilly-Fuissé AOC, lies the Domaine du Roc des Boutires. It originates from two names: the proximity with Roche de Solutré, which is an emblem of the appellation and a testament to the extraordinary geologic richness of the vineyard; and its settlement in the very heart of one of the best terroirs of the appellation, ‘Aux Bouthières’. In ancient French vocabulary, a ‘boutière’ means a secondary road that mule skinners used for the transportation of oils and wines in remote parts of the country. The vineyard is actually 5 kilometers west from the ancient Roman track of Via Agrippa, on a very small road which is now leading to the village of Solutré, the hills of the Maconnais and the plains of the Charolais.