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Maison Verget - Mâcon Villages Grand Élevage 2018

Burgundy

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Robert Parker

chardonnay
rich
salmon

"The 2018 Mâcon-Villages Grand Élevage is an attractive, medium- to full-bodied, rich and fleshy wine, evoking pear, peach and toasted nuts. It is aged half in tank, half in barrel" (Wine Advocate 2019).

Features

Estate

Maison Verget

Cuvée

Grand Élevage

Vintage

2018

Designation

Mâcon-Villages

Region

Burgundy

Grape varieties

100% Chardonnay

Terroirs

Clay-limestone soils with many pebbles

Viticulture

Wine made from purchased grapes or juice

Harvest

At optimum maturity

Winemaking

Traditional, with fermentation spread out until mid-December

Breeding

In barrels (20% new) for 6 months with regular stirring

Alcohol content

13.5%

Tasting & pairing

Eye

Gold

Nose

Expressive, evoking pear, peach and roasted nuts.

Mouth

Rich and fleshy, well-balanced between power and minerality

Serve

AT 12°C

Drink before

2028

Food and wine pairing

Food and wine pairing

Ideal with sea bream tartare, salmon paupiettes, oeufs cocotte florentine, mâconnais cheese.

Verget House

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Expert opinion

Bettane & Desseauve

Bettane & Desseauve

Domaine rated (2020 guide) 4*Stars (Very high quality producers, the glories of French winegrowing)

About the domain :

The Verget trading house is part of the Guffens-Heynen "trilogy", where Jean-Marie Guffens, supported by his loyal second-in-command Julien Desplans, applies the recipes tried and tested on his elite domaine since the 1980s, which serve as a worldwide benchmark for Chardonnay. The spearhead here remains the Mâconnais, but purchases from the Chablis region are regular and, depending on the vintage, there are some fine cuvées from the Côte de Beaune. Booking en primeur will be all the more judicious as it may provide an opportunity to buy "terroir-less" wines by the capsule, proving that it's not always terroir that counts when it comes to quality. Last but not least, this is the address where you can buy Guffens aux Tourettes and Verget du Sud, at unbeatable price-pleasure ratios, reviewed in the Rhône Valley section of this guide. An exemplary address.

Robert Parker - Wine Advocate

Robert Parker - Wine Advocate

Rated (2019 guide) 86/100 (Good wine)

Domaine noté Recommended (Wine producer recommended by Robert Parker - The Wine Advocate)

About the wine:

Mâcon-Villages Grand Élevage 2018 is an attractive, medium- to full-bodied wine, rich and fleshy, evoking pear, peach and toasted nuts. It is aged half in vats, half in barrels.

RVF - La Revue du Vin de France / Guide des Meilleurs Vins de France

RVF - La Revue du Vin de France / Guide des Meilleurs Vins de France

Domaine rated (guide 2022) 2*Stars (These great estates, often endowed with fabulous terroirs, are must-haves which, thanks to their consistency and the excellence of their production, must be included in the cellars of discerning wine lovers).

About the domain :

Jean-Marie Guffens has put all his talent and exacting standards into this haute-couture negociant founded in 1990. Julien Desplans, a brilliant oenologist trained at Romanée-Conti, has been the master on board at Verget since 2012. Crowned negociant of the year by the RVF jury in 2020, he is unanimously acclaimed for his unrivalled vinifications, highly specialized sourcing choices and precise pressing and ageing. Let's salute these 2019s of great mastery.

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Note and review by M. JEAN-CLAUDE S. Published on 16/05/2023

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