Premiers Jus Des Croux
⏳ Drinking Window
2023 - 2029
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
roasted lobster, creamy mushroom risotto, pan-seared veal sweetbreads
✨ Technical Specifications
The 'Premiers Jus Des Croux' is an extraordinary, micro-production masterpiece from the iconoclastic Jean-Marie Guffens. Crafted from the steep, limestone-rich slopes of the 'Les Croux' vineyard in Mâcon-Pierreclos, this cuvée represents Guffens' revolutionary press-fractioning technique. He isolates the very first press juice ('premiers jus'), which contains the highest natural acidity, lowest pH, and most intense mineral definition. This uncompromising method bypasses the heavier press fractions to capture a pure, crystalline essence of Chardonnay. Historically, Guffens-Heynen shattered the traditional quality hierarchy of Burgundy, proving that the Mâconnais could yield whites of the same monumental depth, tension, and longevity as the grandest crus of the Côte de Beaune.
🍾 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