The Pouilly Fuissé "Les Crays", now classified as a Premier Cru, is located on a south-facing hillside, sheltered from the north wind. It produces real wines of character.
These are expressed by great finesse, endowed with a beautiful tension; They reveal rich citrus aromas carried by a chiseled minerality.
Pouilly-Fuissé Premier Cru 2023 - "Les Crays"
Complex
Powerful
Mineral
Fruity
Woody
Pouilly-Fuissé Premier Cru 2023 - "Les Crays"
The Crays terroir is composed of limestone scree on marl from the Pliensbachian period, and is composed of shallow soil formed by rock scree on the surface and blue marl at depth. This steeply sloping hillside facing south, sheltered from the north wind, produces real wines of character. These are expressed by great finesse, endowed with a beautiful tension; They reveal rich citrus aromas carried by a chiseled minerality.
It gives concentration, colour and substance while allowing the wine to keep its nerves. This is particularly the case here with 45-year-old vines .
After manual harvesting, the juices are gently extracted using a pneumatic press. The vinification is carried out in oak barrels of 1 to 5 wines, 15% of which are new. Ageing for 10 to 12 months allows the wines to be slowly refined.
This wine offers an excellent balance between chiseled minerality and greediness. On the palate, tense and precise, it reveals all the complexity of rich and multiple citrus aromas. As they age, the aromas become denser and more complex, with always a nice freshness due to the minerality.
- Serving temperature: 11 to 13° at the table, 10° as an aperitif
- Cellaring: already very open, it can be kept for another 4 to 6 years
- Grape variety: Chardonnay
- Age of the vines: 45 years
- Area: 0.40 Hectare
View of the vineyards and clay-limestone soil of the place called "Sur La Roche":
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Appellation
Premier CruType of Wine
StillWine Making
Oak casksGrape Variety
ChardonnayHarvest
ManualBurgundy Region
MâconnaisVintage
2023Service
12 to 14 degreesCustody potential
2029Degree of alcohol
13,5°
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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Fabien Guerrin joined his parents 5 years ago and is gradually taking 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 looking for finesse, purity and balance in its great white wines of Burgundy. Very attached to traditional viticulture, mainly manual, and respectful of the environment.
Among the qualities in the vineyard property's management, it is worth noting that the soil is ploughed, which allows the roots to go down to depth, controlled yields and manual thinning allow the Chardonnay to be offered ideal conditions for ripeness.
Manual harvesting combined with slow and natural vinification, carried out thanks to the yeasts naturally present in the grapes, allow the soul and authenticity of the terroir of each wine to be preserved.
The wine is aged on lees in oak barrels and lasts from 11 to 12 months depending on the vintage and the typicity of the terroir.
