SAVIGNY-LÈS-BEAUNE PREMIER CRU AUX SERPENTIÈRES

Color: Ruby in color tinged with dark red.

Nose: Sour cherry and strawberry, opening up to more complex notes of spice, vanilla and empyreumatic aromas.

Palate: Powerful and harmonious on the palate with predominant flavors of black and red fruit.

This Premier Cru is the perfect accompaniment to tasty dishes in sauce, grilled and roasted red meats. Also poultry, pork and veal. Finally, cheeses with a washed rind such as Époisses, Langres or Soumaintrain.

Serve between 15° and 16°C.

100% Pinot Noir.

Savigny’s vineyards form a V-shape and are located at the meeting place of a valley and the plain, offering some of the most picturesque scenery in the Côte d’Or. These vineyards are of ancient lineage. For much of their history, they belonged to the domaine of the Dukes of Bourgogne, to neighbouring religious houses, or to the Knights of Malta. An imposing 14th century castle testifies to the appellation's aristocratic qualifications.

This climat is exposed full south. It was formerly called "les serpentines" from the name of a grass snake species. But this place name could also designate paths that "snaked" through the vines, at the time when they were planted "en foule" (in a mass) and not in straight rows. These paths would have been compared to serpents and been given this name thanks to this metaphor!

Manual harvest, passage of the grapes on sorting table, crushing, de-stemming then vatting for about 20 days then maturing in barrels for about 18 months.