1er Jus de Chavigne

⏳ Drinking Window

Typically best enjoyed 5–15 years from the vintage release, with the finest vintages easily cellar-worthy for 20 years.

🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings

Pan-seared sea scallops, roasted veal chops with chanterelles, rich lobster thermidor

✨ Technical Specifications

Crafted by the iconoclastic Jean-Marie Guffens, the '1er Jus de Chavigne' is a legendary cuve that epitomizes his revolutionary impact on the Mconnais. Sourced from the steep, limestone-rich slopes of the historic 'En Chavigne' vineyard in Vergisson, this rare bottling is made exclusively from the first press run ('premier jus') of the estate's oldest Chardonnay vines. Guffens, famous for his provocative stance against the rigid hierarchies of the Cte d'Or, proves with this wine that terroir and uncompromising viticulture can yield whites of Grand Cru stature. The wine undergoes natural fermentation and extended aging on its fine lees, resulting in a breathtakingly complex white Burgundy. It marries opulent, sun-drenched stone fruit characters with a laser-like, saline minerality and a structural tension that allows it to evolve magnificently over time.

🍾 About the Producer

Established in 1979 by Belgian native Jean-Marie Guffens and his wife Lydie Heynen, Domaine Guffens-Heynen is located in the picturesque village of Vergisson in Burgundy's Mâconnais region. Widely regarded as a revolutionary visionary, Guffens transformed the reputation of southern Burgundy through uncompromising vineyard husbandry, rigorous manual selections involving multiple passes ('tries') during harvest, and precise, non-interventionist cellar practices. The domaine is world-renowned for crafting extraordinarily concentrated, mineral-rich, and age-worthy white Burgundies from iconic lieu-dits such as En Chavigne and La Roche in Pouilly-Fuissé and Mâcon-Pierreclos, regularly rivaling the finest Grand Crus of the Côte de Beaune.

🍇 Grape Varieties

Chardonnay

🌿 Aromas & Flavor Descriptors