Chartron et Trebuchet Pouilly-Fuisse Chardonnay 2004
Chartron et Trebuchet Pouilly-Fuisse Chardonnay 2004 is a 750mL white Burgundy from the Maconnais in southern Burgundy, France, made from 100% Chardonnay in the Pouilly-Fuisse appellation. The maison's vinification presses on arrival, ferments in stainless steel at 16°C and ages the wine 15 months in used oak with batonnage. As a 2004, this is a fully mature bottle — a drink-now taste of aged white Burgundy. It is available to order online at Del Mesa Liquor.
- Size: 750mL
- Vintage: 2004
- Grape: 100% Chardonnay
- Origin: Pouilly-Fuisse AOC, Maconnais, Burgundy, France
- Vinification: Stainless ferment at 16°C; 15 months in used (1–4x) oak with batonnage
- Producer: Chartron et Trebuchet (negociant maison founded 1984, Puligny-Montrachet)
White Burgundy, Fully Grown
Pouilly-Fuisse covers four communes around the rocks of Solutre and Vergisson, on clay-limestone Jurassic soils — the Maconnais' most celebrated white. Chartron et Trebuchet, a negociant maison founded in 1984 in Puligny-Montrachet in Burgundy's Golden Triangle and now under Francois Martenot, works in the classic style: cool stainless fermentation, then a long rest in used oak with lees stirring for texture. Two decades on, a sound bottle of the 2004 will have traded the young wine's flint and citrus for honeyed, nutty, dried-fruit maturity. Browse more white Burgundy and French whites on our white wine shelf, explore the wider wine range, or visit the Chartron et Trebuchet vendor page.
Tasting Notes
Colour: Pale gold with green hints in youth, deepening with age. Nose: The producer's young-wine notes are flint with lemon and grapefruit, plus roasted-peanut complexity; expect a mature bottle to lead with honey, nuts and dried fruit. Palate: Rich yet tense, with the appellation's mineral line.
How to Enjoy
Serve it now, cool but not ice cold, with rich seafood, poultry in cream sauce or aged Comte — and treat it as the occasion it is: mature white Burgundy at this age is about provenance and the moment, not further cellaring.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is this a Premier Cru Pouilly-Fuisse? No. Pouilly-Fuisse's premier cru climats were only classified in 2020. A 2004 predates the classification entirely and is a village-level appellation wine.
Is a 2004 white Burgundy still drinkable? If well stored, yes — as a fully mature wine. The producer's own guidance suggested drinking this wine within about 4 years, so the 2004 is well past its intended window and will taste tertiary — honey, nuts, dried fruit — rather than fresh. Condition is everything at this age.
How was it made? Pressed on arrival, fermented in stainless steel at 16°C, then aged 15 months in used oak barrels with batonnage, per the producer.
A rare pour of mature Maconnais — order the Chartron et Trebuchet 2004 online from Del Mesa Liquor in San Diego, CA.