SAVIGNY LES BEAUNE
2007 1er Cru Lavières Domaine Chandon de Briailles
| Grapes | Pinot Noir |
| Colour | Red |
| Origin | France, Burgundy |
| District | Côte d'Or |
| Sub-district | Côte de Beaune |
| Village | Savigny les Beaune |
| Classification | 1er Cru |
| ABV | 12.5% |
| Vineyard | Lavières |
Pale as usual, lovely freshness, vivacity and length. Juicy blackberry fruit. 'Silex' says Claude, 'gunflint in the mouth' and I can see what she means. L&S (Dec 2008)
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Here the nose is notably earthier and more deeply pitched with dark berry fruit and forest floor aromas complementing nicely rich, round and stony medium-bodied flavors that culminate in a linear, indeed slightly lean finish that compensates by good complexity and persistent. Note that my score assumes that this will put on weight in bottle. 2012+ Rating: 88 Allen Meadows, www.Burghound.com (May 2009)
Drink 2011-14. Very pretty, fully ripe fruit. Lightweight but well balanced. Very light in fact but pure. Fragrant and quite delicate - though the tannins are just a little austere. Rating: 16 Jancis Robinson OBE MW - www.JancisRobinson.com (Jan 2009)
This wine is made from 70% whole bunches, which are foot-pressed. The top soil is thin (no more than 15cm deep), and the vines are therefore inclined to send down roots into the stony, fragile profile below. More expressive and deeply rooted aromatics here, but still in that restrained style. The tannin is very clearly textured, with an attractively grainy texture. Mineral, with delicately floral fruit on the mid palate and length. Discreetly long. Very good. From 2012.Sarah Marsh MW, The Burgundy Briefing (Jan 2009)
Domaine Chandon de Briailles
One of the great family domaines of the Côte d'Or, housed in the remarkable manor house at Savigny, with excellent holdings in Savigny itself and in neighbouring Pernand and on the hill of Corton. Organic since 1988 and, now, biodynamic (fully certified by Demeter and Ecocert). It is run by brother and sister François and Claude de Nicolaÿ. As François explains, they do not make 'bêtes de concours' or competition wines, but ones you drink. They have over the last few years progressed the renewal of the barrels of the domaine - there is still very little actual new wood, 5% new wood on the premiers crus, and 10% on the Grands crus, but they have replaced the oldest barrels which they have come to understand did have an effect of closing the wines down.
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