Bourgogne Blanc Grande Elevage

A winemaker's smallest wines are the best indicator not only of their talent, but also of their ambition. In other words, if a winemaker's small wines are good, then you can safely assume that the big ones are too. And that's exactly the case here at Verget, the “negoce” label of Jean-Marie Guffens-Heynen, a Burgundy white wine icon you've probably never heard of. But that will change with these lines. Together with his right-hand man Julien Deplans, he presses wines under the Verget name from grapes grown by his friends and neighbors in the Mâconnais, which you couldn't find better, even in the Côte d'Ôr, only much more expensive. This “little” white Burgundy, which grows in the Mâcon appellation, in Bussière and Montbrison to be precise, is a wine that I enjoy immensely, in which I find everything a white wine from one of the famous appellations of the north has to offer. The pear aroma is wonderful, mingling with white berries and enhanced by a hint of freshly baked brioche. The wine moves across the palate like an athlete, bursting with energy. The finish is wonderful, reminding me of tonic water, without the sweetness, of course, but incredibly juicy... it makes your mouth water. You get so much wine for your money here. No, nonsense, the price is actually totally irrelevant, because this is simply a hellishly good Chardonnay!