Maison Verget - Chablis Cuvée de la Butte 2018
15,5/20
RVF
90/100
Robert Parker
"Typical, with fine minerality and an elegant, chiselled palate, Cuvée de la Butte is a benchmark of Chablis." (Le Guide des Meilleurs Vins de France 2021 - RVF) A top-class Chablis.
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Eye
Pale color with green highlights
Nose
This very fine terroir has produced a wine with a very Chablisian nose, with scents of petrol and boxwood. The nose is very expressive.
Mouth
Precise as usual, but also dense, it finishes with a beautiful expression of minerality. Remarkable length on the palate, thanks to a very pronounced sensation of minerality.
Serve
At 10-12°C
Open
1/2 hour before
Drink before
2030
Food and wine pairing
Enjoy with seafood, andouillette, charcuterie platter, jambon persillé à la bourguignonne.
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 terroir is not always the deciding factor 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
Wine rated ( 2019 guide) 90/100 (Great wine)
Domaine noté Recommended (Wine producer recommended by Robert Parker - The Wine Advocate)
About the wine:
The 2018 Chablis Cuvée de la Butte is a success, revealing lovely aromas of citrus oil, grapefruit, white flowers and oyster juice. On the palate, it's medium- to full-bodied, ample yet stony, with racy acids and a saline finish.
RVF - La Revue du Vin de France / Guide des Meilleurs Vins de France
Wine rated (2021 guide) 15,5/20 (Good wine)
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 wine:
Typical, with fine minerality and an elegant, chiselled palate, Cuvée de la Butte is a Chablis benchmark.
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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