“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.” William Kelley, The Wine Advocate
Jean-Marie Guffens has knocked it out of the park once again with his excellent range of wines from the 2023 vintage at Maison Verget. Held in high regard by The Wine Advocate’s William Kelley, Jean-Marie continues to craft genuinely great, well-priced white Burgundy, wines that put many much more expensive counterparts from the Cote d’Or to shame.
As ever, much of the same eye for detail and methods employed at his Domaine Guffens-Heynen are replicated at their cellar in Sologny, yet the Maison Verget wines start from just £150 per dozen in bond for their best-selling Bourgogne Blanc. Other highlights include their 94-point Pouilly Fuissé Les Combes – “the most Côte d’Or style in this line up” which is available in both bottles and magnums and their benchmark cuvée, Saint Veran Lieu (Inter)dit.
As Kelley writes, “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.” These are wines that we love to drink ourselves and can recommend unreservedly across the range, as staff sales will attest.
Make no mistake on these wines: they put many of their much more expensive counterparts from the Côte d’Or to shame. They are bottled under screwcap so (a) no issues with faulty bottles and (b) they age exceptionally well. Back vintages rarely become available – these are wines that are drunk.
