Guffens-Heynen Macon-Pierreclos Premier Jus de Chavigne, Burgundy, France

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The 2019 Macon-Pierreclos 1er Jus de Chavigne is performing superbly in bottle, wafting from the glass with aromas of orange oil, citrus zest, warm toast and pear. Medium to full-bodied, immensely concentrated and complete, it's seamless and penetrating, underpinned by a tangy spine of acidity and concluding with a long, saline finish. This 2019 combines the cut of a vintage such as 2017 with the hyper-concentrated, almost "passerillé" style of a year such as 2015—a rare combination that should age prodigiously well.

The 2017 Macon-Pierreclos 1er Jus de Chavigne is performing brilliantly, offering up a lovely bouquet of pear, white peach, pastry cream and wheat toast. On the palate, the wine is medium to full-bodied, with serious intensity and chewy extract, racy acids and a long, chalky finish. This far surpasses its performance from barrel, and its structured, concentrated profile suggests it will demand some patience, promising considerable rewards. Revisiting my conservative tasting note from twelve months before, I feel a little like the mayor of Amity Island in "Jaws," shouting "open the beaches" and encouraging people to take to the water, with no notion of what is about to happen.

The 2015 Macon-Pierreclos 1er Jus de Chavigne is a superb achievement in this vintage, wafting from the glass with notes of toasted nuts, buttered orchard fruit and preserved citrus framed by subtle reduction. On the palate, the wine is full-bodied, ample and generous, with great purity, incisive acidity and excellent concentration. I'm happy to have a case in my own cellar.

Offering up aromas of clear honey, pear, apple skin and drawn butter, the 2006 Macon-Pierreclos 1er Jus de Chavigne is medium to full-bodied, deep and muscular, with considerable concentration and chalky dry extract, underpinned by lively acids and concluding with a young and youthfully vigorous finish. The 2006 vintage is a ripe, sun-kissed year in the Maconnais, so Guffens selected the free run and first press juice, with its higher acidity and lower pH, to produce this cuvée, a wine that's outside the ordinary.

Complex, intense nose. Stylish, rich palate with leesy complexity, well-crafted spicy oak and fresh, balancing acidity.