2022 Pouilly-Fuissé 1er Cru Sur la Roche, Jean-Claude Boisset

• Style: Dry, mineral-driven Chardonnay
• Taste: Citrus snap, stone fruit, stony minerality with toasty oak depth
• Food: Shellfish, white fish, mushroom, poultry, oily fish
• Occasion: Date night, gifting
• Serve: 8–10°C, in a burgundy glass

In the Glass — Tasting Notes

Bright citrus and green apple backed by stony minerality that lingers on the palate. The 2022 shows stone-fruit purity with just enough oak warmth—40% new French oak—to round the edges without drowning the fruit. Acidity stays crisp and the mineral spine keeps everything in focus, revealing the balance and refinement that Jancis Robinson has come to expect from this producer.

The Winery — Jean-Claude Boisset

Grégory Patriat, winemaker at this Nuits-Saint-Georges négociant, brings a vineyard-focused philosophy honed during his time as head viticulturist and assistant winemaker at Domaine Leroy. He pressed the whole bunches gently, fermented with indigenous yeasts in 450-litre demi-muids, and aged the wine for months in lightly toasted oak. Founded by the Boisset family in 1961, the company is now based in Les Ursulines, a former convent converted into a state-of-the-art, gravity-fed winery. The 2022 growing season in the Mâconnais was one of rare balance—a cold spring kept frost at bay, summer heat ripened the 82-year-old vines fully, and timely rain sustained them through harvest in late August.

At Your Table — Food Pairing & Serving

This wine leans toward dishes where butter and cream matter: poached salmon, creamy mushroom pasta, scallops with silky beurre blanc, or aged goat cheese and fine Pecorino. The acidity cuts through richness while the mineral spine maintains clarity. One of the 22 newly minted premier cru climates, Sur la Roche captures sunlight on its southeast-facing slopes, and you taste that abundance in every sip. Among our selection of Chardonnay from France, this premier cru sits at the polished end of the spectrum—more refinement than power, more precision than bluster. If you're exploring Whites with Oak, this is the wine that reminds you why oak can be a whisper rather than a shout.