Rijckaert Pouilly-Fuissé 1er Cru Sur La Roche 2022
A wine with exhilarating freshness, a spicy honeysuckle and acacia rich nose, showing ripe and abundant fruits on the palate with a creamy soft mouthfeel, sharpened by a taut mineral profile and saline zesty finish.
The term "Sur la Roche" meaning "on the rock" gives an accurate picture of the vineyard location that makes this 1er Cru site so special. The soil is shallow, dense in limestone and with a high concentration of silica from the Jurassic era, characters that translate into wines that are a model of precision and elegance.
The grapes are subject to slow and moderate pressing to yield only high quality juice, followed by fermentation using indigenous yeasts and spontaneous malolactic fermentation, then barrel ageing of an average twelve months in predominantly used oak - mostly between six and twelve years old - to avoid any strong impact on the character of the wine. The oak used in this wine is from eastern French forests with a low porosity character that help enhance the structure of the wine rather than add flavour. Throughout this period they follow the philosophy of low inputs, avoiding the use of enzymes to settle the wine, allowing spontaneous malolactic fermentation, long ageing on the lees with no batonnage or fining, all of which enhances the expression of the terroir.
| Vintage | 2022 |
| Alcoholic strength | 13% |
| Country | France |
| Region | Burgundy |
| Subregion | Pouilly-Fuissé |
| Grapes | Chardonnay 100% |
| Dry/Sweet value | 1 |
| Contains sulphites | Yes |
| Vegetarian | Yes |
| Vegan | Yes |
| Milk | No |
| Eggs | No |
| Organic | No |
| Biodynamic | No |
| Closure | Cork |
Vins Rijckaert began in 1998, founded by Jean Rijckaert a passionate Flemish winemaker who had been working in the region since 1990. He sought to establish a domaine under his name, and in order to achieve this he bought four hectares in Mâconnais (focused on Viré Clessé), as well as five hectares in the Jura where he fell in love with the spectacular terroir, thus establishing two cellars and making him the first person to make wines simultaneously in both regions. In 2013 Jean met his alter ego Florent Rouve, who became his protégé and thereafter he gradually handed over his savoir faire and philosophy, as well as business activities. Florent has continued to evolve the style of Vins Rijckaert wines with his own signature, marking them with great freshness and precision.
