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Domaine Guffens-Heynen Pouilly-Fuissé Croux et Petits-Croux 2024

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Domaine Guffens-Heynen Pouilly-Fuissé Croux et Petits-Croux 2024
Producer Domaine Guffens-Heynen
Region, Country Mâcon, France
Bottle Size 750ml
Product Code 26220-750

As the notes below make clear, this extraordinary wine is one of the most exciting white wines produced in France (when it is produced). It comes from two tiny, south facing, rocky sites at the base of the Roche de Vergisson. One is the minuscule, walled, 0.098-hectare Clos des Petits Croux, the other a little larger, 0.1525-hectare slice in the neighbouring Les Croux lieu dit. As William Kelley has written in the Wine Advocate: “Since the 1980s, [these vineyards have produced] one of France’s greatest wines... wines so compelling that they upend many of our preconceived notions about Burgundy itself.” The Mâcon area may have recently received some 1er cru vineyards, but this is the only Grand Croux!

Domaine Guffens-Heynen Pouilly-Fuissé Croux et Petits-Croux 2024

Reviews

“Guffens produced five barrels of his 2024 Pouilly-Fuissé Croux et Petits Croux, a wine that entirely transcends the vintage. Unwinding in the glass with notes of crisp orchard fruit, white currants, mandarin oil, buttered toast and hazelnuts, it's full-bodied, satiny and layered, with a dense, muscular, powerful palate, concluding with a long, resonant finish. Finishing up at fully 13.8% natural alcohol (which must be a record for the vintage), it's not as introverted as young wines from this site can be—but let's see how it develops in bottle.”
95-97 points, William Kelley, The Wine Advocate
“The Pouilly-Fuissé bottling Croux et Petits Croux from Guffens-Heynen is consistently among the great white wines of Burgundy, and 2024 is no exception, with pronounced aromas of lemon peel, gooseberry and verbena accented with a rich smoky reduction and mineral notes on the initial attack. The texture is dense and concentrated, but the acidity is enough to keep the wine in balance. The grapes were picked on the last day of harvest, with a potential alcohol of 13.5%. This wine is monumental, but to appreciate it, wait 20 years after the vintage to open.”
96 points, Charles Curtis MW, Decanter

Reviews

“Guffens produced five barrels of his 2024 Pouilly-Fuissé Croux et Petits Croux, a wine that entirely transcends the vintage. Unwinding in the glass with notes of crisp orchard fruit, white currants, mandarin oil, buttered toast and hazelnuts, it's full-bodied, satiny and layered, with a dense, muscular, powerful palate, concluding with a long, resonant finish. Finishing up at fully 13.8% natural alcohol (which must be a record for the vintage), it's not as introverted as young wines from this site can be—but let's see how it develops in bottle.”
95-97 points, William Kelley, The Wine Advocate
“The Pouilly-Fuissé bottling Croux et Petits Croux from Guffens-Heynen is consistently among the great white wines of Burgundy, and 2024 is no exception, with pronounced aromas of lemon peel, gooseberry and verbena accented with a rich smoky reduction and mineral notes on the initial attack. The texture is dense and concentrated, but the acidity is enough to keep the wine in balance. The grapes were picked on the last day of harvest, with a potential alcohol of 13.5%. This wine is monumental, but to appreciate it, wait 20 years after the vintage to open.”
96 points, Charles Curtis MW, Decanter

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