Dernier Jus Blanc
⏳ Drinking Window
Typically best enjoyed 3 to 8 years from the vintage release.
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
creamy mushroom risotto, roasted poultry with cream sauce, mature Comté cheese
✨ Technical Specifications
Crafted by the iconoclastic Jean-Marie Guffens, 'Dernier Jus' (translating to 'The Last Juice') is a testament to his legendary, rule-breaking approach to winemaking in Burgundy. This rare cuvée is typically born from the very last press fractions or extremely late-harvested Chardonnay grapes. While conventional wisdom often dismisses the final pressings as too phenolic or heavy, Guffens utilizes his masterly understanding of lees contact and barrel fermentation to transform this highly concentrated juice into a white wine of remarkable texture, power, and unexpected mineral tension, completely redefining what is possible outside of standard appellation boundaries.
🍾 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