Considered exceptional in Southern Burgundy, the 2020 vintage brings to this Pouilly Fuissé Premier Cru an extraordinary intensity. the balance is already on the sweetness, while bringing the elegance of the Pouilly-Fuissé The Domaine Guerrin signs a very complete wine, which will make the delights of your table around refined fish or creamed poultry.
Pouilly-Fuissé Premier Cru 2020 - "Sur La Roche"
Complex
Powerful
Mineral
Fruity
Woody
Perched on the high slopes of the rock of Vergisson, this place called "Sur La Roche" is a unique terroir that asserts itself by its high altitude and especially by a soil formed of extremely calcareous white stones.
Considered one of the best plots of Pouilly-Fuissé, it is now classified as a Premier Cru.
It gives concentration, color and material while allowing the wine to keep nervousness. This is particularly the case here with old vines that are more than 50 years old.
Vinification and ageing in oak barrels are examples of rigor, precision and patience, to bring material and aromatic complements without distorting the wine. The ageing lasts 12 months with 15% of new barrels.
This Pouilly Fuissé 2020 is a wine of character, very pure, fine and with a very beautiful minerality. It will express on the nose a complex bouquet of fruits: fresh lemon, exotic fruits, peach ... In the mouth a frank attack that quickly gives way to a beautiful roundness and especially an incredible aromatic concentration . The finish is supple and elegant, the length in the mouth remarkable.
- Serving temperature: 11 to 13 ° at the table, 10 ° as an aperitif
- Guard: already very open, it can be kept again between 4 and 6 years
- Grape variety: Chardonnay
- Age of the vines: 55 years
- Area: 0.40 Hectare
View of the vineyards and clay-limestone soil of the place called "Sur La Roche":
White Burgundy Wines Round and Powerful: Foie Gras, Creamy Sauce Fish, Grilled Sea fish, Lobsters, lobsters, Cream Poulardes, Civet Volailles, Epoisse, Roquefort, Bleu de Bresse
Appellation
Premier CruType of Wine
StillWine Making
Oak casksGrape Variety
ChardonnayHarvest
ManualBurgundy Region
MâconnaisVintage
2020Service
12 to 14 degreesCustody potential
2026
Elegant and full of charm, this white wine has a colour ranging from pale to deep gold, flecked with green. Different families of aromas make up the bouquet: mineral notes (silex), almond and hazelnut, citrus notes (lemon, grapefruit, and pineapple), white fruits (peaches), bracken, acacia, breadcrumbs, buttered brioche, and honey. In the mouth it is possible to discern the differences between wines from different plots. The texture is opulent, and the structure, thanks partly to the wine’s natural richness, is full of flavour. It is by nature delicate and distinguished. This wine is not to be confused with the Pouilly-Fumé, which comes from the banks of the Loire River.
White: straightforward, rich and complex, it has a characteristic hint of minerality which allows it to partner noble crustaceans (king prawns, lobster, crawfish) as well as foie gras. With acidity and smoothness sonicely in balance, it goes well with white meats such as veal or poultry in cream sauce, as well as many varieties of goat’s cheese. Its aromatic power means it can also match spicy and perfumed exotic dishes such as couscous, fish tajines, or sweet-and-sour prawns. Sushi is also enhanced by its minerality.
Serving temperature: 11 to 13°C.
The rocky outcrops of Solutré and Vergisson, emblematic of these vineyards, remind us that from a height of 500 metres, 200 million years of history is looking down on us! Indeed, 20,000 years ago one of the most fully evolved prehistoric cultures flourished here. This AOC, instituted in 1936, takes in the four villages of Solutré-Pouilly, Fuissé, Vergisson and Chaintré.
Lying on a foundation of fossiliferous limestone identical to those found further north in the Côte-d’Or, the Bajocien escarpments of Solutré and Vergisson owe their dramatic profile to the presence of hard fossil corals which have resisted erosion. The vines are planted on the slopes and at the foot of these two hills on clay-limestone soils of Jurassic origin mixed with scree from up-slope and, in one spot, schist. The hillsides are cut into by little steep-sided streams which give the slopes an easterly or south-easterly exposure. Altitudes: 200 to 300 metres.
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Producer of Pouilly Fuissé and Saint Véran
Fabien Guerrin has been with his parents for 5 years and gradually takes over the estate, located on the heights of Vergisson in southern Burgundy, in the Mâconnais wine region.
Between the rocks of Solutré and Vergisson, the Guerrin family estate is constantly on the lookout for finesse, purity and balance in its great white Burgundy wines. Very attached to a traditional viticulture, mainly manual, and respectful of the environment.
To note among the qualities in the behavior of the wine-making property: plowing of the grounds, which allows the roots to go down in depth, controlled yields and a manual thinning make it possible to offer the Chardonnay ideal conditions of maturity.
Manual grape harvests associated with a slow and natural vinification, carried out thanks to the yeasts naturally present in the grapes, allow to keep the soul and the authenticity of the terroir of each wine.
The aging is done on lees in oak barrels and lasts from 11 to 12 months depending on the vintage and the typicality of the terroir.
