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97-95
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The Wine Advocate
White
Classification
Chardonnay
Variety
2022
Vintage
750ml (Bottle)
Bottle Size
France
Country
Burgundy, Pouilly-Fuisse
Region
12.5%
Alcohol %
5-10 Years
Cellaring
Scores
97-95 / 100"The 2022 Pouilly-Fuissé Premier Jus des Hauts de Vignes includes all the first press juice (with the lower pH and highest acidity) from Guffens's high-altitude holdings, including Les Croux and the final vintage of the domaine's sharecropping in La Roche, two superior sites which were both sadly hailed this year. Offering up aromas of orange zest, pear, white currants and peach mingled with white flowers, fresh pastry and youthful reduction, it's full-bodied, fleshy and concentrated, with racy acids and lots of chalky structuring extract, concluding with a long, penetrating finish."
- The Wine Advocate
Tasting Notes
When we reach the 1er Jus des Hauts des Vignes, we are at the summit of the Guffens-Heynen range. This wine is an assemblage of only the free-run juices of a minimum of four successive tris (four passes through the vineyard to pick only perfectly ripe fruit). The sources are the Vergisson Crus of La Roche, Les Crays and Les Croux. Les Croux sits at the apex of the magnificent Roche de Vergisson, facing southwest. Guffens owns two parcels: a selection of 1980 plantings in Les Croux proper and a parcel of 60-year-old vines in Clos des Petits Croux—a small, enclosed section of the vineyard. Very occasionally, Guffens bottles the Clos separately, though he has not done so for many years due to the paucity of juice. Then we have La Roche and Les Crays, two of Pouilly-Fuissé’s most prestigious crus capable of producing some of the village’s most mineral and precise wines. Both sites are classified 1er Cru Pouilly-Fuissé. Were it not for hail damage, each site would have been bottled as separ
Tasting Profile
- Light
- Full
- Low Tannin
- Tannic
- Sweet
- Dry
- Low Acidity
- High Acidity