| Region | |
|---|---|
| Subregion | France > Burgundy > Mâconnais |
| Colour | White |
| Type | Still |
As I reported during élevage, the 2023 Saint-Véran Clos de Poncetys is an especially flamboyant wine, bursting with reductive aromas of mandarin oil, smoke, iodine and toasted nuts. Medium- to full-bodied, satiny and incisive, it's rich but youthfully tightly wound, with racy acids and a long, saline, gently honeyed finish. Only four barrels were bottled.
A tiny volume of Clos de Poncetys will be produced in 2023 from only from the best South-facing slopes of the vineyard. This is the first time it has been made since 2018. With a production of only 900 bottles (some of which will never be released for sale) this very exuberant yet mineral wine is set to become a real collector's item and possibly the finest wine from the Saint Veran appellation that we have ever tasted. Pale lemon in colour. There was a high level of bourbe (press with significant suspended solids) used in this wine, and that has created a Coche-like reduction that so many producers and Burgundy nuts crave. It's absolutely intoxicating in this wine - not a hollow gun smoke but a flintiness that complements intense stone fruit and subtle leesy savoury notes. The palate is dense, with ripe yellow fruit - lemons and yuzu - and a glossy texture. This is a special wine, it has real personality, depth and is simply delicious. Hard to spit.
Guffens has selected four barrels of the 2023 Saint-Véran Clos de Poncetys to bottle separately, for the first time since 2018. It's one of the most flamboyant wines in the range, mingling exotic aromas of mandarin, musky peach and pear with notions of iodine, white flowers and smoky reduction, followed by a medium to full-bodied, satiny and enveloping palate underpinned by tangy acids. In its rare fusion of fruit and reduction, texture and tension, it's the quintessential Guffens-Heynen wine.
