Le Chavigne
⏳ Drinking Window
2022 - 2026
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
creamy mushroom risotto, roasted veal chops, seared scallops
✨ Technical Specifications
Domaine Guffens-Heynen's Le Chavigne, hailing from the steep, high-altitude limestone slopes of Pierreclos, is a legendary white Burgundy that single-handedly redefined the quality potential of the Mâconnais. When Jean-Marie Guffens and Maine Heynen acquired these challenging, stony plots in 1979, the site was largely overlooked. Guffens, with his iconoclastic philosophy, recognized the unique terroir and implemented meticulous vineyard management, including extremely low yields and harvesting in multiple passes ('tries') to capture perfect ripeness. Fermented with indigenous yeasts and aged on its fine lees, this wine exhibits a dramatic interplay of rich, concentrated fruit and a piercing, saline minerality that frequently rivals the Grand Crus of the Côte de Beaune in blind tastings.
🍾 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
🍷 Alcohol By Volume (ABV)
13.5-14.5%