Louis Jadot Savigny-les-Beaune Clos des Guettes Premier Cru 2020
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The wine has medium-deep color and powerful aromas and flavors of black currant and cherry. This feminine, supple, finely structured wine will develop in the bottle for 7 to 10 years.
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James Suckling
The wonderful red-cherry fruit with hints of redcurrant and blackcurrant pulls you into this very expressive wine. For all the ripeness, the really striking thing about this is the great vitality, the way it leaps and bounds over your palate. The best kind of crispness at the long, clean finish.
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The 2020 Savigny-lès-Beaune 1er Cru Clos des Guettes (Domaine Gagey) reveals aromas of orange rind, raspberries, cherries and spices. Medium to full-bodied, rich and concentrated, with lively acids and powdery tannin, it possesses plenty of potential.
Barrel Sample: 90-92
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Thin-skinned, finicky and temperamental, Pinot Noir is also one of the most rewarding grapes to grow and remains a labor of love for some of the greatest vignerons in Burgundy. Fairly adaptable but highly reflective of the environment in which it is grown, Pinot Noir prefers a cool climate and requires low yields to achieve high quality. Outside of France, outstanding examples come from in Oregon, California and throughout specific locations in wine-producing world. Somm Secret—André Tchelistcheff, California’s most influential post-Prohibition winemaker decidedly stayed away from the grape, claiming “God made Cabernet. The Devil made Pinot Noir.”
Savigny-lès-Beaune is a small village near Beaune that produces delightful red and white wines under its own appellation name. Cut by a river, the vineyards on its southern side have sandy soils that result in charming, floral reds. Premiers Crus vineyards on this side include Les Peuillets, Les Narbantons, Les Rouvrettes and Les Marconnets.
On Savigny’s northern side, bordering Pernand-Vergelles, vineyards are planted on rocky soils and produce juicy and spicy Pinot Noir. The village’s best whites, all made of Chardonnay, are full on the palate and abound in texture, complexity and freshness.