Savigny-lès-Beaune Les Lavières

1981 Ampeau Robert Savigny-lès-Beaune Les Lavières

By billn on November 12, 2011

Medium colour. The nose has depth and width – there’s still some fruit and sweetness of fruit, turned-over leaves and a hint of meat. There is a slight cushioning to texture and still a little velvet from the tannin – lovely acidity flows through the core of the wine. There’s plenty of flavour here, perhaps becoming a little higher-toned in the mid-palate but it’s not about to fall off a cliff. Very smooth, very yum…

2008 Tollot-Beaut Savigny-lès-Beaune Les Lavières

By billn on September 24, 2011

After the Bachelet, here is also some oak, but rather than a smothering sweetness, it’s delivered with a spicy element that is more than amply buffered by a growing, crooning floral aromatic – perfect violets. The last drops in the glass offer a beautiful ‘come-hither’ red fruit. In the mouth there is sweetness, but the acidity urges you into the mid-palate where you have the impression that the wines bursts further into life. Long with a mineral end-note. I might buy a magnum or two for rainy day – if I’m not too late!

2007 Chandon de Briailles Savigny-lès-Beaune Les Lavières

By billn on April 23, 2010

From chalky-soil, south facing 40 year-old vines. A soft and quite beautiful red fruit compote – gorgeous. Penetrating flavours, hints of mineral/wood, red fruit – this is quite linear but very approachable – very lovely.

2006 Seguin Manuel Savigny-lès-Beaune Les Lavières

By on November 30, 2008 #asides

Medium, medium-plus colour. Deep red and black-skinned cherries under faint wood spice, the last drops provide a lovely reccurrant note. Lithe, lovely acidity, ripe fruit and good good mid-palate flavour. The tannin is relatively background. Not the density of a Bouchard Père or Tollot-Beaut Lavières, but this is a lovely middle-weight.

2006 Seguin Manuel Savigny-lès-Beaune Les Lavières

By on June 30, 2008 #asides

From an approximately 1 hectare plot on the mid-slope. Darker skinned fruit on the nose, but still red. A

nice balance in the mouth with additional soft tannin, very good acidity and a lingering finish. Yum.

2006 Chenu Louis Père et Filles Savigny-lès-Beaune Les Lavières

By on June 30, 2008 #asides

The aromatics don’t go as deep as the ‘Clous’ but they show lots of higher-toned width and with a suggestion of baked tart to the red fruit. Again super texture and depth. Bursts with an extra dimension of fruit on the mid-palate before slowly fading.

2005 Bouchard Père et Fils Savigny-lès-Beaune Les Lavières

By on October 31, 2007 #asides

Medium, medium-plus cherry-red colour. The nose shows red and black fruit, but more to the ‘black side’, there is also an underlying note of (medium) oak toast – not overpowering (even to this palate) but consistent for the time the bottle is consumed. The palate is lithe and interesting with good length, without ever generating getting into gear. Good wine for sure, but disappointing vs my initial note.

2005 Tollot-Beaut Savigny-lès-Beaune Les Lavières

By on October 31, 2007 #asides

Medium, medium-plus cherry-red. A deep and impressive nose that’s edged with dark cherry and darker oak. The palate is very well concentrated, soft tannin and excellent acidity. The fruit is dark shaded, buttressed by oak flavour and has a nice creamy medium length. Very, very good.

1997 Chandon de Briailles Savigny-lès-Beaune Les Lavières

By on July 31, 2007 #asides

(Magnum) This smells a little older than its years, but I have to say it smells wonderful – just wide, understated complexity. The palate doesn’t quite live up to the early billing as the main component is astringent grainy tannin. That the nose is so far ahead of the palate is a little worrysome and would dissuade me from looking for bottles, but if you have some, keep them locked for now.

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