Jerome Guichard
Macon, France
Jambon x Guichard trunk tasting, 2023
Simply put, expectations are futile with the wines of Jerome Guichard. If you loved Bouchat last year, expect to love it again this year, but probably for completely different reasons. Pet-Nat 20 was killing me softly with its candied sherbet and residual sugars, and yet 21 is a whole different austere and dare I say ‘professional’ affair—bone dry and saline with a delicate pearly bead, reminiscent of a good disgorgement of Blanc d’Argile from Vouette & Sorbee (uh oh). Guichard is a master of mercuriality, absolutely impossible to pin down, and yet no matter the state of arrangement or derangement in his wines, they remain both sensual and thought provoking, sure to awaken the spirits of any soul imbibing.
Jus de Chaussette... 2022
Gamay
$33
Bouchat M 2020
Chardonnay (maceration)
$35
Promess 2020
Gamay
$35
Noir de Creuse Noire 2020
Gamay
$37
Pet-Nat 2021
Chardonnay
$33
Vin d’Montbled 2021
Chardonnay
$34
Simply put, expectations are futile with the wines of Jerome Guichard. If you loved Bouchat last year, expect to love it again this year, but probably for completely different reasons. Pet-Nat 20 was killing me softly with its candied sherbet and residual sugars, and yet 21 is a whole different austere and dare I say ‘professional’ affair—bone dry and saline with a delicate pearly bead, reminiscent of a good disgorgement of Blanc d’Argile from Vouette & Sorbee (uh oh). Guichard is a master of mercuriality, absolutely impossible to pin down, and yet no matter the state of arrangement or derangement in his wines, they remain both sensual and thought provoking, sure to awaken the spirits of any soul imbibing.
Jus de Chaussette... 2022
Gamay
$33
Bouchat M 2020
Chardonnay (maceration)
$35
Promess 2020
Gamay
$35
Noir de Creuse Noire 2020
Gamay
$37
Pet-Nat 2021
Chardonnay
$33
Vin d’Montbled 2021
Chardonnay
$34