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 granitic Pouilly-Fuissé with its delicious and impressive complexity!"
"With its natural expression, Pierrefolle offers a character honed by its granite terroir. This vibrant, flavorful wine delivers radiant flavors and a very subtle finish." (Le Guide RVF 2025)
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Eye
Light gold, brilliant color
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, andouillette with mustard, 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 blessed with 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 honed by its granite terroir. This vibrant, flavorful wine delivers 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 vineyards 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 vintages presented this year have earned the estate its second star.
The wines: a smooth, very flavorful body 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 extra 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 estate (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 with aeration. The palate is taut and fresh, with impressive concentration and heightened acidity that gives the finish a real “edge.” Excellent.
Tim Atkin
Rated estate (2022 guide) Recommended
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