Deuxiemes Jus
⏳ Drinking Window
2022 - 2026
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Roasted poultry, creamy mushroom risotto, grilled sea bass
✨ Technical Specifications
Jean-Marie Guffens is a legendary iconoclast of Burgundy, famous for challenging established winemaking dogmas. The 'Deuxièmes Jus' (literally 'second juices') cuvée is a direct testament to his revolutionary philosophy. While traditional estates often downgrade or discard the second pressings, Guffens believes that these juices—extracted with slightly more pressure—contain essential phenolics, structure, and mineral salts bound to the grape skins. Sourced from his meticulously farmed Chardonnay plots in the Mâconnais, this wine is fermented with natural yeasts and aged on its lees. The result is a white of unexpected depth, boasting a rich texture balanced by a vibrant, saline mineral core, proving that masterly handling of the entire press cycle can yield a truly monumental wine.
🍾 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