100% Chardonnay.
Colour: Light gold colour.
Bouquet: Expressive nose of citrus, fresh pear, exotic fruit, hawthorn blossom and hazelnuts.
Palate: Full attack on citrus fruit, with toasted aromas, butter, light minerals and with a good length- lots of freshness. A quite lively, mature, well-structured and harmonious wine.
Enjoy as an aperitif or with light entrées, fresh-water fish in white sauce, omelettes, or scrambled eggs. It proves a worthy companion to goat cheeses, Gruyère, French Comté, and Cîteaux cheeses.
Serve at a temperature of average 12 to 14°C. (53 -55°F).
Drink from now or keep it 4 to 6 years after the vintage in good cellaring conditions.
Savigny-lès-Beaune wine is produced in the commune of Savigny-lès-Beaune in Côte de Beaune of
The name of the appellation is sometimes written simply as Savigny, without the lès-Beaune part. The production consists of slightly over 85 per cent red wine, and slightly less than 15 per cent white wine.
Soils : clay, limestone chalk soil with gravels.
Chardonnay grapes are harvested by hand, sorted and go then through a cold settling of 24 hours at 8°C. (46°F.).
The juice is then put in oak barrels (30 % new oak, 70% one year old barrels) for both the fermentation alcoholic and the malolactic and then aged 12 months with the lees.
From November 2021 to January 2022, there was abundant rain, followed by cool months in February and March, which delayed budding and prevented frost. May was particularly warm, favouring good flowering, but June was marked by hot mornings and violent thunderstorms in the afternoon. In July, intense heat led to water stress, slowing down the ripening of the vines, depending on the plot.
Work in the vines influenced the results, with some plots producing an excellent vintage, while others suffered from dehydration. Most of the harvest began at the beginning of September, with beneficial rain falling at the end of the day or at night, allowing the grapes to offer a good balance between sugar content and acidity.
Harvesting finished in mid-September, with production close to normal despite variable volumes. The 2022 wines have notes of ripe fruit, while retaining their freshness. They are generous and well-balanced.
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