Deuxiemes Jus
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Typically best enjoyed 3–10 years from the vintage release.
🍽️ wine.food_pairings
Roasted poultry, creamy mushroom risotto, grilled sea bass
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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.
🍾 wine.about_producer
Established in 1979 by Belgian expatriates Jean-Marie Guffens and Maine Heynen, Domaine Guffens-Heynen is a legendary estate located in Vergisson, Burgundy, France (Le Chavigne, 71960 Vergisson). Renowned for defying regional hierarchies, the domaine is celebrated for producing monumental, mineral-driven Chardonnay from historic plots like En Chavigne. Jean-Marie Guffens's uncompromising winemaking philosophy combines low yields, natural yeast fermentations, and extended lees aging to yield whites of extraordinary tension and complexity. Official website: http://www.verget-bourgogne.fr.