Winemaker Notes
Bright red berry aromas and flavors lead this vivacious wine. It will develop in the bottle for 7 to 10 years.
This versatile red wine will pair well with light red or white meat dishes and fowl. The more mature wine will complement highly flavored sauces.
Professional Ratings
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Decanter
The Dominode bottling from Jadot is consistently its top wine from this village. The 2023 boasts a deep ruby hue and pronounced aromas of black plum and mulberry, with an edge of mineral concentration and a hint of spice. The texture is tannic and dense, driving the wine to an impressively lingering finish that displays a great purity of fruit due to the ageing in large oak uprights (foudres). The grapes are from 1.75ha of east-facing vines that are up to 80 years of age.
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The 2023 Savigny-lès-Beaune 1er Cru La Dominode (Domaine Louis Jadot) is showing especially well, offering up a deep bouquet of sweet berries, spices and licorice, followed by a medium to full-bodied, ample and fleshy palate that's impressively textural and concentrated.
Barrel Sample: 91-93
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.