2020 Savigny Les Beaune

Offering up notions of cherries, dark berries, woodsmoke, licorice, rose petals and spices, the 2020 Savigny-lès-Beaune Village is medium to full-bodied, bright and lively, with a fleshy core of fruit and tangy acids. This was where the Rouget harvest began.

The 2020 Savigny-lès-Beaune Village had a bit too much VA on the nose for me and rather smudged the definition, the cassis and black cherry fruit. The palate was likewise a little too candied and rich, the Les Lavières that followed showing much more precision and terroir expression. A quasi-Syrah-like finish. I admit to being flummoxed by this cuvée from barrel.