Clos des Rocs Pouilly-Loche 'Les Mures' 2023

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Clos des Rocs Pouilly-Loche 'Les Mures' 2023The limestone rich red soils of Les Mres, below which the mother rock lurks at a mere 20 centimeters distance, produce one of this appellations finest winesdestined for near term premier cru status in Pouilly Lochs upcoming reconfiguration. Olivier owns a hectares worth of 70 year old Chardonnay here, from which he produces a wine spellbinding in its saline mineral intensity. This cuve spends 12 months in 500 liter barrels between two and eight years

wine ferments spontaneously in terracotta amphora

The Prudhons own a solid hectare of vines between 30 and 60 years of age in this premier cru that lies just to the north of Les Perrières

Levet’s basic Côte-Rôtie spends two years in 600-liter barrels

and menthol

and his version offers tremendous purity alongside ample ripeness and sappy

18-hectare sliver in high-altitude Corbery

Following a few months in amphora

Erbaluce may only give its name to a label when grown in the Canavese

and tuffeau

Much darker in its fruit and more somber in its carriage than the lighthearted Rosso “Concrete” above

stern minerality that broadens on the finish and promises to blossom further with age

In keeping with its varietal character