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

Radiant, clear straw yellow.

Nose

An intense, complex scent of lemon meringue pie, creamy crème pâtissière and salted butter shortcrust pastry opens the bouquet. Beneath this, nuances of dried wildflowers, fresh herbal tea and soft apple slices reveal themselves.

Palate

Gliding, calm and deeply balanced on the palate. A ripe, wide-ranging acidity joins with powdery, fine tannins to create structural balance. The wine displays a fine, puristic texture, silky and characterized by a tranquil strength.

Terroir & Origin

The grapes originate from the “Le Clocheton” plot within the historic Les Quarts vineyard site in Pouilly-Vinzelles in the southern Mâconnais (Burgundy). At an altitude of around 230 metres with south-east exposure, the 50- to 80-year-old vines root deeply in the clay- and limestone-rich Bajocian soils, which are rich in silicate crystals.

Grape Variety & Vinification

Pressed from 100% Chardonnay. Following selective hand-harvesting and whole-bunch pressing, the must undergoes spontaneous fermentation. Maturation takes place in a 19-hectolitre concrete egg, whose ovoid shape promotes natural lees circulation. The domain works biodynamically (Demeter-certified); bottling is unfiltered and without added sulphur during vinification.

Food Pairings

Pairs exquisitely with pan-fried turbot, veal cutlet in cream sauce or matured Comté.

Particularities

An extremely limited single-vineyard bottling from the Bret brothers: The rigorous maturation in the concrete egg imparts a silky-matte, almost meditatively calm mouthfeel dimension (“Zen”) to this Chardonnay.