Clos des Rocs Pouilly-Loché Monopole 2020
We are big fans of Clos des Rocs’ compelling Burgundy whites and the Pouilly-Loché Monopole is arguably the best we’ve been able to get our hands on.
In the words of the importer: “With its three hectares of 85-year-old Chardonnay, the Clos des Rocs produces a Pouilly-Loché like no other. Its due-easterly exposition allows for optimal ripeness, and its iron-streaked calcareous topsoil extends a mere 30 centimeters before reaching limestone mother-rock. Aged 13 months in used barrels, this wine—in true grand-cru-like fashion—synthesizes the positive attributes of all its cellarmates: gleaming acidity, fine but tunneling minerality, and stunning concentration. With their low levels of sulfur and their open-knit generosity, Olivier’s wines are never forbidding in their youth, but this deserves some time in bottle to properly unfurl its multilayered complexity.
Practicing organic, 100% chardonnay, Pouilly-Loché, Burgundy, France.
We are big fans of Clos des Rocs’ compelling Burgundy whites and the Pouilly-Loché Monopole is arguably the best we’ve been able to get our hands on.
In the words of the importer: “With its three hectares of 85-year-old Chardonnay, the Clos des Rocs produces a Pouilly-Loché like no other. Its due-easterly exposition allows for optimal ripeness, and its iron-streaked calcareous topsoil extends a mere 30 centimeters before reaching limestone mother-rock. Aged 13 months in used barrels, this wine—in true grand-cru-like fashion—synthesizes the positive attributes of all its cellarmates: gleaming acidity, fine but tunneling minerality, and stunning concentration. With their low levels of sulfur and their open-knit generosity, Olivier’s wines are never forbidding in their youth, but this deserves some time in bottle to properly unfurl its multilayered complexity.
Practicing organic, 100% chardonnay, Pouilly-Loché, Burgundy, France.
We are big fans of Clos des Rocs’ compelling Burgundy whites and the Pouilly-Loché Monopole is arguably the best we’ve been able to get our hands on.
In the words of the importer: “With its three hectares of 85-year-old Chardonnay, the Clos des Rocs produces a Pouilly-Loché like no other. Its due-easterly exposition allows for optimal ripeness, and its iron-streaked calcareous topsoil extends a mere 30 centimeters before reaching limestone mother-rock. Aged 13 months in used barrels, this wine—in true grand-cru-like fashion—synthesizes the positive attributes of all its cellarmates: gleaming acidity, fine but tunneling minerality, and stunning concentration. With their low levels of sulfur and their open-knit generosity, Olivier’s wines are never forbidding in their youth, but this deserves some time in bottle to properly unfurl its multilayered complexity.
Practicing organic, 100% chardonnay, Pouilly-Loché, Burgundy, France.
