Savigny-lès-Beaune 2018, a fine white wine with a great future!

Winner of Tastevinage

2 stars and a favorite in the Hachette guide 2021

It has all the qualities of a great wine, and the tasting committees at the Hachette guide and the Tastevinage both agree.

This dashing young wine has a pale golden hue, revealing its origins as a Burgundian blend of rare Pinot Blanc with its floral notes, and Chardonnay, to bring a touch of almond and toasted hazelnut.

As soon as it emerges from its cocoon, this lovely wine titillates the taste buds with the crispness of the 2018 vintage, which was all about excellence.

After a very mild winter, the vintage was notable for two contrasting periods. The sunny springtime meant the vines were spared any frosts, although there were some episodes of hail. The summer was then very hot and dry, which led to ripening being slowed in some places. Early harvesting, with exceptionally high yields and fruit in impeccable condition, offered all the potential to make wines of great finesse.

The grapes were picked on 15 September and pressed immediately. The juice was left to settle in vats where alcoholic fermentation began, before being transferred to barrels. The wine remained for 11 months in the calm of the cellar, half of it in barrels that had already been used once, a quarter in new oak, and a quarter in two-year-old barrels. The lees were stirred for two months.

This is a Savigny-lès-Beaune which, when young, will bring life to any aperitif, whether in town or country. With the fullness of age, it will make a wonderful accompaniment to fish and seafood.

Wine created by winemaker and enologist Laurent Mairet.