The 2022 Savigny-lès-Beaune La Dominode 1er Cru, one of Jean-Hague Pavelot's favorite cuvées this year, has a generous bouquet of black plum, raspberry, and a touch of pressed white flowers emerging with time. Very well-defined and focused. The palate is ...
The 2022 Savigny-lès-Beaune Aux Gravins 1er Cru has an altogether different nose to the Les Lavières: more sultry and backward, yet similarly compelling, tobacco leaf and autumn bonfire scents percolating through the red fruit. The medium-bodied palate ha...
The Côtes du Rhône is an assemblage of parcels located on the upper slopes of the commune of Ampuis.
Côtes du Rhône
Schists
100% Syrah
Grapes destemmed and macerated for a fortnight
12 months in oak barrels used for 4 to 5 earlier vintages
Lézardes, Cognet, Plomb, Champrond, Tartaras
Inky magenta. Highly expressive aromas of red and blue fruits, violet, incense, olive and baking spices, along with a smoky mineral top note. Stains the palate with vibrant, sharply etched black raspberry, blueberry, bitter cherry and floral pastille flav...