Deux Roches Pouilly Fuissé Vieilles Vignes (750ml)
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Wine Type
White Wine
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Size
750ml
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Vintage
2023
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Country
France
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Region
Burgundy
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Sub-Region
Pouilly Fuisse
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Grape
Chardonnay
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Farming Method
ConventionalMost products with this label come from producers who do their best to avoid any intervention at all but it’s possible that some of the aforementioned preventative measures and additions are deemed necessary. Learn More
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ABV
13%
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Food Pairing
BriePasta in cream saucesShellfish
The origins of the domaine date back to 1928 in Davayé, when Joanny Collovray settled in this small village in the south of Burgundy a few kilometres west of Mâcon, farming the land, making goat’s cheeses and growing various crops, including vines. He was a tenant farmer, making wine on the property and merchants took care of selling it. In 1956 his son Henri succeeded him and maintained the practice of polyculture. He extended the family’s vine holdings by purchasing a few parcels in the Mâcon-Davayé appellation. His son Christian began working in the vines at the age of 16.
In the mid 1980s Christian Collovray and his childhood friend and neighbour, Jean-Luc Terrier along with their wives took over the domaine and this is really where the modern story of Deux Roches began. Today their adult children have come on board and the legacy of Deux Roches continues. Deux Roches wines are pure expressions of Chardonnay on limestone clay soils, marked by minerality.
Domaine Deux Roches is situated in the heart of the Mâconnais landscape, in the village of Davayé, with an extraordinary view of the rocks of Solutré and Vergisson, together these “rocks” have been classified as a national natural historic site and they are inspiration for the domaine’s name and emblem. They have a total of 63 hectares of vines in various Mâconnais villages and farm according to sustainable environmental standards as outlined by the “Haute Valeur Environnementale” certification.
Tasting Notes
A delicate, mineral wine, with bright, refined aromas and a rich, solid structure. Expect honeysuckle blossom and apricot aromas and flavours, a smooth texture and wonderful balance and persistence. Enjoy this silky smooth Pouilly Fuissé with creamy cheeses like Brie or Camembert, scallops sautéed in butter, chicken dishes, fresh pasta in a cream sauce or simply a bowl of buttered popcorn.
Method
This wine is crafted from both estate grown grapes and selected grapes grown by long-standing partner winegrowers. The vines are mainly planted on limestone clay hillsides near the Rocks of Solutré and Vergisson, and also at Chaintré and Fuissé. After harvesting, the grapes are gravity fed into the pneumatic press for a long and slow press to ensure that the juice is delicately extracted and to
preserve its aromatic finesse. The must is cooled and decanted then fermented in exclusively in barrel (20% in demi-muids of 600
litres, less than 10% new wood). Malolactic fermentation is carried out in some vinatges. The wine is then aged on fine lees until the
spring. Inputs such as SO2 are limited.
