2022 Verget Pouilly Fuisse 1er Cru Sur La Roche

2022 Verget Pouilly Fuisse 1er Cru Sur La Roche 

Year in, year out, we snapped up Verget’s Pouilly-Fuisse Sur la Roche as much as we can get hold of. Why? It’s probably one of the best wines Verget possessed in their stash. Since 2017 I have been writing tasting notes about this plot. In the past, Pouilly-Fuisse does not have any classification or grading for it’s wines, but starting 2020, this appellation finally was recognized by French National Institute of Origin and Quality (INAO) to promote premier cru vineyards within Burgundy’s Maconnais sub-region. We are glad that we have identified such potential since 2018 as my tasting notes in 2018 has stressed that this plot’s quality approaches those 1er Cru level wines from Puligny Montrachet or Chassagne Montrachet. Upon a sip and you will realize the soft and powerful fruits. I have to stress that, it’s not easy to achieve power with softness, like Tai Chi martial arts, the soft strength somehow overwhelmed the power of a powerful punch. This character alone is more than enough to justify this label as an elegant queen of Pouilly-Fuisse, as I have certainly never come across any winemaker with such magical skills to blend two extreme characters into one.