Clos des Vignes du Maynes

Julien Guillot, the now steward of Clos des Vignes du Maynes, a Burgundian domaine that dates back centuries, has become one of those figures who, that while the world of natural wine continues to explode around him, has continued to do what he’s done since the beginning: make wines of intense purity from sensitively farmed fruit in Burgundy. My dear friend Griffin Snyder puts it better than I could:

“For me, what gives this Domaine staying power is that it is self-referential. Natural winemaking may bring some producers fleeting popularity, but for Julien Guillot it communicates a deep and personal sense of practice and responsibility. Here, attention is paid not only to the life of the vine in a given place, but how life at large has been sustained over the course of 1,100 years ‐ a conception of winemaking that is centered on stewardship, not mere maintenance. That said, what keeps these wines fresh is not nostalgia for the past, but rather a dialectical form of practice that engages with the past on the terms of the present and the future.”



Cuvée 910 2021
Pinot Fin / Gamay / Chardonnay
$52





Cuvée Auguste 2020
Pinot Fin
$57





Manganite 2020
Gamay Petit Grain
$57