2015 Macon Pierreclos 1er Jus de Chavigne

The 2015 Mâcon-Pierreclos 1er Jus de Chavigne is a superb achievement in this vintage, wafting from the glass with notes of toasted nuts, buttered orchard fruit and preserved citrus framed by subtle reduction. On the palate, the wine is full-bodied, ample and generous, with great purity, incisive acidity and excellent concentration. I'm happy to have a case in my own cellar.

Bright medium yellow. Very reduced aromas of apple, ripe peach, hazelnut and spices. Wonderfully plush, silky and fine-grained, yet with a superb spine of lemony acidity running through the wine. Boasts terrific intensity and lift to its slightly salty flavors of peach, nectarine and spices. Finishes with a distinctly phenolic edge that will require some aging to harmonize with the wine's fruit. I underrated this wine a year ago. It boasts outstanding tactile solidity: cut me a slice of this!

Bright yellow with a green tinge. Ripe lemon and lime aromas are complemented by nutty, smoky oak and a leesy element (Guffens did not do a débourbage ). Tactile, thick and very rich but with surprising acidity and grip. This distinctly chewy wine offers significant aging potential. From a yield of just 23 hectoliters per hectare, as the grapes lost a good bit of their juice to the drying south wind in late August. (I will withhold judgment on the Saint-Véran 1er Jus, which was in a very high-toned, oxidative phase in September.)