Opening in the glass with scents of crisp but delicately honeyed orchard fruit, lemon oil and fresh pastry that are deftly framed by a touch of oak, the 2012 Mâcon-Pierreclos Tri de Chavigne is medium to full-bodied, deep and textural, with a denser, more concentrated profile than the 2013 that preceded it in this tasting, though it's underpinned by similarly tangy acids. Guffens describes the 2012 as a vintage that tended toward "over concentration," with the lowest yields they ever produced, due to frost, oidium, mildew and poor flowering, resulting in 12 hectoliters per hectare.
(William Kelley, The Wine advocate, 30th May 2020, 93+ Pts)
