35e Vendange
⏳ Drinking Window
Typically best enjoyed 5–15 years from the vintage release.
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
roasted poultry with morels, creamy mushroom risotto, grilled lobster with butter sauce
✨ Technical Specifications
Crafted to celebrate Jean-Marie Guffens' milestone 35th harvest, the '35e Vendange' is a monumental tribute to a lifetime of revolutionary winemaking in the Mâconnais. For decades, Guffens has defied traditional Burgundian hierarchies, proving that the limestone cliffs of Vergisson could yield whites of Grand Cru stature. This rare cuvée is assembled from his most historic, old-vine Chardonnay parcels, capturing the absolute essence of the estate's terroir. Vinified with Guffens' signature uncompromising approach—extremely low yields, wild yeast fermentation, and extended aging on the fine lees without battonage—the wine is a masterclass in tension. It balances opulent, concentrated stone fruit flavors with a searing, saline minerality and a structural precision that allows it to age magnificently.
🍾 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