SAVIGNY-LÈS-BEAUNE PREMIER CRU "LES VERGELESSES" 2017
SAVIGNY-LÈS-BEAUNE PREMIER CRU "LES VERGELESSES" 2017
Grape variety
Tasting notes
Colour: Pale gold dress.
Bouquet: A nose expressing minerals and white flowers flavours, but also notes of honey suckle and white pepper.
Palate: A full attack on citrus fruit, with toasted aromas. This wine is full fruited with a lots of freshness, a vivacious elegance and persistence. A quite lively, mature, well-structured and harmonious wine.
Serving temperature
Ageing potential
History
Savigny-lès-Beaune wine is produced in the commune of Savigny, in the famous Burgundian Côte de Beaune.
The Appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC) Savigny-lès-Beaune may be used for red and white wine with respectively Pinot Noir and Chardonnay as the main grape variety. 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. There are no Grand Cru vineyards within Savigny-lès-Beaune.
The Premier Cru vineyards, called "les Vergelesses" are located at the borderline between the towns of Pernand and Savigny, with southern exposure.
Vinification and maturing
Vintage : 2017
In 2017, Burgundy succeed at both quality and quantity levels. After many vintages impacted by the climatic variation, Antonin Rodet, recover with the 2017 vintage, a very satisfactory harvest. Not only because the volumes will allow to supply the markets but also because the wines already offer the desire to discover this very elegant vintage.
After spending the winter building up their strength, the vines profited fully from a very warm spring, with budburst in early April ensuring a head start in terms of the growth cycle that was maintained right up to the harvest. The plants progressed from stage to stage free from hindrance, and by mid-June, were flowering before rapid fruit set. An early vintage was confirmed.
During the summer, a few spells of heatwave alternated with more mixed weather. However, ripening continued at a good pace and by the end of August, the first grapes were being picked, two weeks ahead of average. Harvesting continued until mid-September as each plot reached peak maturity.
Harvest started on September the 6th in our vineyards and ended on September the 30th in the late parcels.
The grapes were in exceptional health and required virtually no sorting. Everyone was very enthusiastic about this fabulous fruit, its peak ripeness, and the volumes produced.
The Chardonnay grapes for the white wines were picked at peak ripeness, wine aging is on process and promises wines with a very nice balance.