Savigny Lès Beaune, Vieilles Vignes
Génot Boulanger

Savigny Lès Beaune, Vieilles Vignes


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2021
6x75cl
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£295.22


Génot Boulanger, Savigny Lès Beaune, Vieilles Vignes, 2021

2021

Justerini & Brooks Tasting note

Génot Boulanger, Savigny Lès Beaune, Vieilles Vignes, 2021

Lovely cool citrus and stones on the nose, impressive purity and precision. Composed and discrete, with a cool nutty finish and a lovely sense of tension throughout. All of the fruit from Aux Vergelesses was declassified into this cuvée in 2021.

ABV:
13%
87-89/100
Neal Martin, Vinous

The 2021 Savigny-lès-Blanc Vieilles Vignes is a blend of the usual three terroirs plus declassified Vergelesses. This has a perfumed bouquet with yellow plum and light honeysuckle aromas. The palate is well balanced with a light, innocuous entry, fresh and slightly minty towards the finish. Fine.
Date Reviewed:
01/2023

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country:
France

region:
Burgundy



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Génot Boulanger

Génot Boulanger

It is not every day we come across a 22ha domaine in Burgundy we have never encountered before that are producing wines of outstanding quality. So we were taken aback during our visit to Genot-Boulanger in Spring 2018, a tasting which proved startling for its consistent brilliance for both white and red wines. The Domaine began its history as the life-long dream of two Parisian pharmacists, Charles-Henri Génot and his wife Marie Boulanger, that was realised when they moved to Meursault and purchased vineyards in Mercurey in 1974. They began to gradually build up the Domaine with further acquisitions in the Côte d'Or including Meursault, Volnay and Chassagne. In 1995 the Domaine expanded again into the Côte de Nuits, Corton and Aloxe-Corton Clos du Chapitre. By 1998 Francois Delaby had inherited 22 prime hectares of vineyard area in Burgundy. He was joined by daughter Aude and son in law Guillaume Lavollée who, in turn, took over the running of the Domaine in 2008, becoming the fourth family generation of the estate's history. Aude and Guillaume were clear on their mission from the off - to produce wines that express the complexity and finesse of their great Burgundian terroirs - recognising the quality of the vineyard to be the most important factor to get right. So they began their tenure by concentrating on viticulture and the health of the soil, starting conversion to organic farming - a process that ended with full certification in 2018. Winemaking follows a non-interventionist approach. For reds whole bunches are included during fermentation to a small degree when appropriate, or equally berries are completely de-stalked depending on the vintage. Fermentations are with indigenous yeasts and extractions are gentle. The wines are aged with 20% new oak barrels for 12 months followed by 6 months ageing in tank. The whites undergo the same process, the only difference being no sulphur is added to them until after malolactic fermentation. Rather like Aude and Guillaume themselves the wines are precise, composed and elegant. These are beautiful, noble burgundies that effortlessly give plenty of pleasure and can be considered among the Côte's greats.

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