2020 Guilhem & J-Hugues Goisot Cotes d’Auxerre Gueules de Loup Bourgogne Blanc, Burgundy

A higher-toned perfume – a little more chalky freshness. Extra fresh, extra mineral in the mouth. A subtle tannin and then an extra depth of finishing flavour. A faint, positive green accent only in the finish of this wine today. Super wine. 

Bill Nanson Burgundy Report

Pale lemon in colour. The nose is intense but a little fresher than Biaumont. Nuanced behind the concentration. Ripe orchard fruit, with underlying citrus, clean and mineral with weight and length. I love the crystalline finish.

89 points Jasper Morris MW Inside Burgundy

Single vineyard Chardonnay. Gueules de Loup is arguably the most picturesque vineyard of the Côtes d’Auxerre and is named after the beautiful flowers (snapdragons) that flourish in its soils. This one-hectare site faces south/southeast, and the soils are almost pure limestone, Portlandian downwash, which lends this cuvée its excellent mineral backbone (although it also lacks nothing for opulence). The vines are over 40 years old. The Goisots believe this is a terroir quite similar to the 1er Cru Vaillons in Chablis, but there is more ‘white Burgundy’ personality here than we have ever seen from Vaillons. Maturation is all in barrels, on lees.