30 ns
⏳ Drinking Window
Typically best enjoyed 10 to 25 years from vintage release.
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Roasted lobster with butter, creamy mushroom risotto, pan-seared veal sweetbreads
✨ Technical Specifications
Crafted to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Jean-Marie Guffens and Maine Heynen's legendary estate, the '30 ns' (a clever play on '30 ans') is a monumental cuvée that encapsulates three decades of revolutionary winemaking in the Mâconnais. Sourced from the domaine's finest, low-yielding Chardonnay parcels in Vergisson, this rare bottling showcases Guffens' signature style: intense concentration, vibrant acidity, and profound mineral tension. Fermented with wild yeasts and aged on its lees, it stands as a defiant testament to the heights that Mâconnais white Burgundy can achieve, rivaling the grandest crus of the Côte de Beaune.
🍾 About the Producer
Established in 1979 by Flemish visionaries Jean-Marie Guffens and Maine Heynen, Domaine Guffens-Heynen transformed the viticultural perception of the southern Mâconnais. Spanning just over 5.3 hectares across the limestone-rich slopes of Vergisson, Pierreclos, and Davayé, the estate operates on a philosophy of meticulous canopy management, strict yield restrictions, and zero chemical treatments, strictly independent of formal certification regimes. Harvests are carried out across multiple manual passes to secure fruit at pristine physiological ripeness. In the cellar, Guffens employs gentle parcel-by-parcel extractions using a vintage vertical press, rigorous separation of press fractions (yielding his signature 'Premiers Jus' bottlings), native yeast fermentations, and extended lees aging in French oak with minimal batonnage. Benchmark bottlings such as Mâcon-Pierreclos Le Chavigne, Juliette et les Vieilles de Chavigne, and Pouilly-Fuissé Premier Cru Sur la Roche embody an unmistakable masterclass of dramatic power, crystalline acidity, and singular mineral tension that rivals the greatest white burgundies of the Côte de Beaune.
🍇 Grapes
Chardonnay