2024 Verget"Les Combes Vieilles Vignes" Pouilly-Fuissé
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"It's always hard to choose between this bottling and La Roche, and as usual, the 2023 Pouilly-Fuissé Les Combes Vieilles Vignes is a touch richer and broader out of the gates. Picked in three separate harvests (collecting only the ripest grapes on each passage), the Verget team pulled out all the stops to craft a medium to full-bodied, layered and satiny wine that's seamless and complete, evoking aromas of pear, honeycomb, white flowers and toasted nuts.
Domaine Guffens-Heynen may be the label that makes collectors line up in wait, but Maison Verget has long ranked as one of the Mâconnais's top addresses in its own right. The 2023 vintage, a strong rival to the house's 2020 portfolio, only underlines that. As I've written before, Verget's Sologny winery is a sizable facility, unlike the tiny cellars of Domaine Guffens-Heynen, but artisanal methods have been intelligently scaled to match the requirements of larger-scale production: large horizontal stainless steel tanks, for example, offer the same lees-wine ratio as oak barrels, and the lees can be worked with nitrogen without introducing any oxygen into the vessel. Such inventiveness—and Desplans's evident fastidiousness—explain how Verget can offer such quality on such a scale. The best cuvées very much belong among the Mâconnais élite, but this portfolio is also rich with terrific values to purchase by the case, which would make ideal daily drinkers or by-the-glass pours."
-Wine Advocate, 94 Points
"The 2024 Les Combes Vieilles Vignes opens with aromas of ripe pear, golden apple, and citrus blossom, layered with hints of hazelnut and wet stone. The palate is generous yet finely etched, with a creamy texture balanced by a bright mineral line. Flavors of white peach, lemon curd, and subtle spice unfold into a long, harmonious finish, marked by both freshness and depth."
-Winemaker Notes
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