Pouilly-Vinzelles Climat „Les Quarts“ Clocheton Ovoide Zen AOC 2023

Wine Description for Pouilly-Vinzelles Climat „Les Quarts“ Clocheton Ovoide Zen AOC 2023 by La Soufrandière

Colour & Appearance

Luminous straw yellow, brilliantly clear – a wine that hides nothing and has nothing to hide.

Nose

The nose opens slowly, almost reluctantly, then unfolds a quiet elegance: lemon custard, crème pâtissière and shortbread with salted butter dominate the picture – rich, yet never heavy. In the background whisper dried meadow flowers, herbal tea and a hint of crisp apple. A still life in aromas, one to contemplate rather than grasp.

Palate

On the palate, the wine reveals what mature fruit and uncompromising handwork can achieve: a silky, almost meditative texture that unfolds effortlessly. The ripe, firmly bound acidity spans a long arc, flanked by powdery-fine tannins that lend the wine contour and depth without dominating it. Nothing pushes, nothing overstates – everything is in perfect balance. A Chardonnay that seems to have become rather than been made.

Finish

Long, calm and marked by mineral precision. The aftertaste carries the chalky-silicatic signature of the Bajocian soil – saline, dry, lingering.

Terroir & Origin

The parcel „Le Clocheton“ lies in the heart of the historic vineyard site Les Quarts in Pouilly-Vinzelles, Mâconnais. South-easterly exposure at around 230 metres altitude, clay and limestone soils of the Bajocian, threaded with silicatic crystals – a terroir that delivers tension and depth in equal measure. Biodynamic viticulture, meticulous handwork, minimal yields.

Grape Variety & Vinification

Chardonnay from vines aged 50 to 80 years. Selective hand-harvesting, whole-bunch pressing, spontaneous fermentation without added sulphur. Maturation exclusively in a 19-hectolitre concrete egg, whose oval shape creates natural yeast convection and shapes the wine’s characteristic silkiness. Bottled unfiltered, minimal sulphur added at bottling. Limited release.

Food Pairing Suggestions

The structural density and fine minerality make this wine an ideal companion to sole meunière, scallops with beurre blanc or a classic Poulet de Bresse à la crème. Also an apt choice with aged Comté or Vacherin Mont-d’Or.

Special Characteristics

A wine of extraordinary inner calm – the concrete egg as a quiet protagonist that leaves neither wood notes nor oxidation, but lets the raw material speak. Rare enough in an age when wines are made to be made. This one simply is.