Pouilly Fuissé la Roche, Verget 2016

The 2016 Pouilly-Fuissé La Roche is the king of the Verget cellar this year, unfurling in the glass with aromas of crisp yellow orchard fruit, green pear, nutmeg and almond paste. On the palate, it's full-bodied, ample and satiny, with a rich core of fruit balanced by tangy acids, concluding with a long and precise finish. It's hard to find better value in the Mâconnais than this. Drink 2018 - 2026.Jean-Marie Guffens's Verget label, today superintended by the able Julien Desplans, continues to be a reference point for the Mâconnais. Verget's Sologny winery is a sizable facility, unlike the tiny cellars of Domaine Guffens-Heynen, but artisanal methods have been intelligently scaled to match the requirements of larger-scale production: large horizontal stainless steel tanks, for example, offer the same lees-wine ratio as oak barrels, and the lees can be worked with nitrogen without introducing any oxygen into the vessel. Such inventiveness—and Desplans's evident fastidiousness—explain how Verget can offer such quality on such a scale. The best cuvées very much belong among the Mâconnais's élite, but this portfolio is also rich with terrific values to purchase by the case that would make ideal daily drinkers or by-the-glass pours. Classy but keenly priced white Burgundy isn't easy to come by these days, so we should all be thankful for the Maison Verget. These wines come warmly recommended.

Mineral, white flowers the nose is fragrant and fresh the start of the palate lean and bright. The citrusy freshness is underpinned by sweet fruits a mix of tropical fruits a hint of white peach but the back palate has mineral freshness length of flavour. 2017-23