Château des Rontets - Pouilly-Fuissé Pierrefolle 2023
95/100
Bettane & Desseauve
94/100 Coup de Cœur
RVF
92/100
Vinous
"Voted Favorite last year, the new vintage of this granitic Pouilly-Fuissé offers delicious and impressive complexity!"
Sourced from a single vineyard plot on all-granite bedrock, the 2023 Pouilly-Fuissé Pierrefolle once again offers a memorable tasting experience. Its sleek and incisive nose is once again delightfully mineral and slightly herbaceous, with notes of citrus zest and crushed stone. Its vibrant, mouth-watering palate offers magnificent concentration, revealing delightful complexity all the way through to a chalky, lingering finish.
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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; well-oaked
Serve
At 10-12°C
Open
1 to 2 hours before
Drink starting at
2026
Drink before
2034
Food and Wine Pairings
Enjoy it with a seafood platter, andouillette with mustard, Burgundy snails...
Bettane & Desseauve
Wine rated (2026 guide) 95/100 (2022 vintage)
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
Wine rated (2025 Guide) 94/100 Favorite 2022 Vintage)
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 vineyard’s exposure and elevation have prevented the Pouilly-Fuissé wines from being classified as Premier Cru, a fact that the discerning wine lover will not mind. The quality and consistency of the estate’s most recent vintages have earned it a second star this year.
The wines: a rich, well-rounded, and 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 completely natural expression, Pierrefolle offers a character sharpened by its granite terroir. This savory and vibrant wine delivers radiant flavors and a very subtle finish. Les Birbettes adds an extra touch of refinement, with magnificent breadth that lingers long on the palate and unfolds with penetrating intensity on the finish, all with a wonderfully natural expression.
Vinous
Wine rated (2024 guide) 92/100 (2022 vintage)
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 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 winery (2022 guide) Recommended
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