Offering up aromas of clear honey, pear, apple skin and drawn butter, the 2006 Macon-Pierreclos 1er Jus de Chavigne is medium to full-bodied, deep and muscular, with considerable concentration and chalky dry extract, underpinned by lively acids and concluding with a young and youthfully vigorous finish. The 2006 vintage is a ripe, sun-kissed year in the Maconnais, so Guffens selected the free run and first press juice, with its higher acidity and lower pH, to produce this cuvée, a wine that's outside the ordinary.

Complex, intense nose. Stylish, rich palate with leesy complexity, well-crafted spicy oak and fresh, balancing acidity.