En Crazy
⏳ Drinking Window
Typically best enjoyed 3–10 years from vintage release.
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Roasted poultry with morel cream sauce, grilled lobster with garlic butter, aged Comté cheese
✨ Technical Specifications
Crafted by the iconoclastic Jean-Marie Guffens, 'En Crazy' is a testament to his reputation as the 'mad genius' of the Mâconnais. Sourced from uniquely challenging, steeply sloped parcels in Pierreclos, this cuvée captures the extreme viticultural philosophy of Domaine Guffens-Heynen. Guffens famously embraces risks that others avoid, utilizing ultra-low yields, wild yeast fermentations, and precise oak aging to coax incredible power and mineral tension from the Chardonnay grape. The name itself is a playful nod to both the daring nature of cultivating these demanding slopes and Guffens' own eccentric, boundary-pushing personality. The resulting wine is a masterclass in contrast—unapologetically rich and concentrated, yet driven by a piercing, saline minerality and electric acidity that keeps it remarkably vibrant.
🍾 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