Château des Rontets - Pouilly-Fuissé Pierrefolle 2022
95/100
Bettane & Desseauve
94/100 Coup de Cœur
RVF
92/100
Vinous
“An RVF ‘Coup de Coeur’ in the 2025 Guide for this granite-based Pouilly-Fuissé with its delightful and impressive complexity!”
"With its natural expression, Pierrefolle offers a character sharpened by its granite terroir. This lively, vibrant wine boasts radiant flavors and a very subtle finish." (Le Guide RVF 2025)
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Eye
Light gold color, bright
Nose
A precise mineral character, accompanied by aromatic notes of buttery citrus
Palate
Compact, concentrated, and ripe; complex, with well-integrated oak aging
Serve
At 10-12°C
Open
1 to 2 hours before
Drink from
2025
Drink before
2033
Food and wine pairings
Enjoy it with a seafood platter, mustard-glazed andouillette, Burgundy snails...
Bettane & Desseauve
Wine rated (2026 guide) 95/100
Robert Parker - Wine Advocate
Rated estate (2023 guide) Recommended (Wine producer recommended by Robert Parker - The Wine Advocate)
RVF - La Revue du Vin de France / Guide des Meilleurs Vins de France
Rated wine (2025 guide) 94/100 Favorite
Rated Estate (2023 Guide) 2*Stars (These exceptional estates, often boasting fabulous terroirs, are must-haves that, thanks to the consistency and excellence of their wines, deserve a place in the cellars of discerning wine lovers)
About the wine:
With its natural expression, Pierrefolle offers a character shaped by its granite terroir. This vibrant, flavorful wine boasts radiant flavors and a very subtle finish.
About the estate:
Claire and Fabio Gazeau-Montrasi took over this historic family estate in 1995. Certified organic since 2005, it consists mainly of Chardonnay vines in Fuissé and a plot in Saint-Amour. All of the estate’s white wines undergo extended aging—nearly two years—which naturally refines and enriches them, resulting in greater complexity. The exposure and altitude have prevented the Pouilly-Fuissé wines from being classified as Premier Cru, a fact that the discerning connoisseur will not mind. The quality and consistency of the latest wines presented this year have earned the estate its second star.
The wines: a rich, flavorful texture in the Saint-Amour, a sensual and crisp wine with beautiful intensity of fresh fruit. Finesse and aromatic complexity in the Clos Varambon: with its great intensity and lingering finish, this ripe, fresh, and caressing wine checks all the boxes. With a natural expression, Pierrefolle offers a character sharpened by its granite terroir. This savory and vibrant wine offers radiant flavors and a very subtle finish. An added touch of refinement in Les Birbettes, with its magnificent scope, which lingers long on the palate and unfolds with a penetrating intensity on the finish, in a grand natural expression.
Vinous
Wine rated (2024 guide) 92/100
Rated winery (2023 guide) Recommended
About the wine:
The 2022 Pouilly-Fuissé Pierrefolle is unique in that it comes from more granitic soils (similar to those in Beaujolais) and a slightly warmer microclimate. This results in a slightly more mineral-driven nose, quite "airy," with notes of citrus zest and linden blossom that emerge upon aeration. The palate is taut and fresh, with impressive concentration and heightened acidity that gives the finish a real "edge." Excellent.
Tim Atkin
Rated winery (2022 guide) Recommended
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