Tris Hauts Vignes
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Typically best enjoyed 5–15 years from vintage release, though exceptional vintages can easily cellar for 20 years or more.
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roasted lobster with butter sauce, creamy mushroom risotto, veal sweetbreads
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The 'Tris' cuvées from Domaine Guffens-Heynen represent the pinnacle of Jean-Marie Guffens' iconoclastic approach to winemaking in the Mâconnais. The term 'tris' refers to the meticulous, successive passes through the vineyard during harvest—a technique famously used in Sauternes but exceedingly rare for dry Burgundy. By harvesting only the most perfectly ripe, golden, and occasionally botrytized Chardonnay grapes from his high-altitude parcels in Vergisson, Guffens crafts a wine of astonishing concentration and complexity. Fermented with indigenous yeasts and aged on its lees, this rare cuvée defies regional hierarchies, offering a majestic, texturally rich, and intensely mineral expression of Chardonnay that routinely rivals the Grand Crus of the Côte de Beaune.
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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.