Wine Detail

Verget Pouilly-Fuisse Chardonnay

Category:	WHITE
Vintage:	2004
Title:	Verget Pouilly-Fuisse Chardonnay
Producer:	Verget
Grape:	Chardonnay
Country:	France
Region:	Burgundy
Subregion:	Pouilly-Fuisse~Maconnais
Taste Profile:	Crisp & Clean, Mineral
Tasting Notes:	Lemon, Tangerine, Butterscotch
Score:	91 [WA]
Description:	In 1990, after 5 years as a wine broker, Jean-Marie Guffens founded his own négociant company, Verget. His conviction was and still is that the best wine is made using the best grapes. He criss-crossed Burgundy finding where the best grapes were, where the oldest vineyards were situated, wherever a small grower was a potential supplier. Making his way to the winegrowers in the region, he has convinced them to supply the company with good quality grapes. Few winemakers we know are as passionate about a wine's purity as Guffens—which is why he has moved much of his village level wines to screw caps. Anyone who has tried his 2004s (even his village Puligny was bottled with a Stelvin closure, or screw cap) can attest to the pristine nature and beauty of these wines. Few winemakers have mastered this technique, yet Guffens has shown how this innovation can truly make wines better. Medium straw color with a tinge of lemon; flavors and aromas show bright pear and subtle butterscotch, with some tangerine, lemon and just a hint of minerality in support. The wine moves into more lemon, wet stones and a delicate vein of honey butter. This wine would pair perfectly with soft goat cheese, crab, lobster, cold-summer pasta dishes, oysters, and steamed asparagus.