Roc des Boutires - Pouilly-Fuisse Aux Bouthieres 2021 (750ml)
Price: $90.00
Sale Price: $45.00
| Producer | Roc des Boutires |
| Country | France |
| Region | Burgundy |
| Subregion | Pouilly Fuisse |
| Varietal | Chardonnay |
| Vintage | 2021 |
| Sku | 5937 |
| Size | 750ml |
Vinous: 93 Points
The 2021 Pouilly-Fuissé Aux Bouthières 1er Cru comes from vines planted in 1945 and cropped at 28hL/ha this year aged half in barrel and half in vat. It has a nuanced nose understated at first opening with yellow plum jasmine and crushed rock scents showing very good delineation. The palate is well balanced the oak neatly integrated and subtle allowing the texture to shine through. There's plenty of energy here. This is precise on the finish and it will age very well in bottle?if you can resist temptation. - By Neal Martin on June 2023 This was my first visit to Domaine du Roc des Boutires a Mâconnais stalwart rejuvenated by the Parinet family owners of Château du Moulin-à-Vent. I must confess being taken aback when I entered its doors with Edouard Parinet and winemaker Brice Laffond. Given the splendid quality found in previous vintages I was expecting a modern and well-equipped winery instead of a rather derelict interior patently unused for a number of years. I was unaware that these wines are vinified and matured in Moulin-à-Vent. ?We bought the estate in 2016? Parinet tells me. ?There was a usufruit [where the vendor retains a life interest in the property after it is sold] so that the previous owner a lady from the Bressand family continued to live at the Domaine. [This would have prohibited any plans to refurbish the winery in Pouilly-Fuissé.] She actually passed away three months ago. All 4.2 hectares of the Pouilly vineyards are located in a line across the Pouilly appellation ranging from 220m to 430m and on various soil types mostly clay and within various soil depths. We are hoping to be able to use the building in two or three years at our winery in Moulin-à-Vent. The average yield in 2021 is just 20hL/ha picked from September 15 whereas in 2022 the yield is 50hL/ha.? I have been impressed by the quality of these wines since first encountering them a few years ago. Speaking to Parinet the family are clearly invested in Mâconnais as much as they are in Beaujolais and that can be seen in wines that do not seem compromised by the current lack of winemaking facilities.
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