Tasting Notes
In 2022, Jean-Marie brought together the first juices of the youngest vines of Chavigne with the last presses of the oldest vines and those from his great terroirs (including 1ers Crus) in Saint-Véran and Pouilly-Fuissé. Searching for charm and accessibility in its youth, the wine aged in a concrete vat for 16 months. It’s been almost a decade since we could offer a Guffens-Heynen cuvée at this price. Incredibly seductive, layered and complex, loaded with floral and complex lees notes. To say this over-delivers is the understatement of the century. Enjoy it while it lasts!
“The 2022 Bourgogne Jeunes Vignes et Derniers Jus is a medium-bodied, ample and fleshy wine evocative of peaches, beeswax, white flowers and orange oil. Open and expressive, it's produced from the later press fractions from Guffens's other cuvées.” 86-88 points, William Kelley, The Wine Advocate
Over the decades Jean-Marie Guffen’s predisposition for ruffling feathers may have, at times, overshadowed the significance of his many triumphs. Today I think people simply accept that Guffen’s straight-shooting style simply comes with the territory. Indeed, the bullshit-free universe that Guffens inhabits may in fact be one of the key reasons why he has become such an important and influential grower in Burgundy. Trying to make better-than-Grand Cru whites in the Mâconnais? What kind of personality would try such a thing? Only an iconoclast, able to see through the cultural straight jacket of his times and recognise things as they might be in an alternative universe.
There is still a great deal of poor viticulture in the Cote d’Or and there are many great and historic terroirs in them Mâcon. If you work to the highest possible standards in these latter terroirs, there is no reason why you shouldn’t be able to achieve greatness. Guffens saw this and he was right. Now others are following his lead. There’s no doubt that when the stars align, as they so often do here, Domaine Guffens-Heynen is nigh on untouchable.
| Product Type | Wine White Chardonnay |
| Volume | 750ml |
| Country | France |
| Region | Burgundy |
| Sub Region | Macon |
| Winemaking Practices | Minimal Intervention |
| Vineyard Practices | Organic/Biodynamic |