1996 Chablis 1er Cru Fourchaumes Vieilles Vignes, Verget
"Guffens' Chablis offerings continue to enthrall me. What do you have when you combine superb richness, exquisite ripeness, and enough acidity to bore through the Sixth Fleet? Verget's 1996 Chablis Fourchaume. Malty vanilla scents are followed by a super-ripe, rich, medium-bodied, concentrated, and sharply acidic character. Highly focused flavors of crisp red berries, spicy oak, lemons, and steel are found in this teeth-clenchingly bright offering. As I tasted this bracing Fourchaume I remembered a comment Guffens once made to me, "the best way to de-acidify a wine is to make it richer."" 90 Points, Robert Parker's Wine Advocate