Gouffier, Rully – Les Maizières Blanc 2024 (Available in Early October)

This Rully displays a golden hue. A cuvée featuring ripe fruit aromas of white flowers, green apple, pear, and citrus zest, backed by subtle oak, underpinned by a mineral quality that makes it easy-drinking and approachable.

Western cuisine: Poultry in White Sauce (e.g., Chicken Fricassée or Turkey Blanquette); Pan-Seared Scallops / Sole Meunière

Asia cuisine: Hainan Chicken Rice, Steamed Dim Sum, Fatty Salmon or Toro Sashimi

The term Maisière—derived from the Latin maceria—signifies "walls" or "ruins." These ruins likely dated back to the Gallo-Roman era—remains of dwellings or sanctuaries situated not far from the Chagny-Cluny Roman road. Rully "Les Maizières" is a wine produced from a plot planted with Chardonnay vines on a clay-limestone plateau.

"Living soils giving rise to wines that reflect their terroir!"

In response to current climate challenges, we are implementing a responsible, sensitive, and innovative approach to viticulture that integrates concepts from organic farming, agroforestry, and agroecology.

The grapes are hand-harvested, pressed directly, and then cold-settled for 24 hours. The juice is then transferred to barrels, where alcoholic fermentation takes place, followed by a 10-month maturation period.

Founded in the mid-19th century by Charles de Saint-Rapt, Domaine Gouffier is located in Fontaines,

a village known for its springs situated in wine country, bordering Mercurey and Rully. In the 1950s, Madeleine

Gouffier expanded the estate into Mercurey. Her son Jérôme Gouffier, a naval engineer by training, inherited the property in 1993 and developed the business of selling bottled wines.

A neighbor of the Gouffier family, Frédéric Gueugneau has been writing a new chapter for this historic Côte Chalonnaise estate since 2012, combining estate production with a winemaker-led merchant business.