Winemaker Notes
This old-vine Grands Liards" is arguably Premier Cru quality. The vineyard is between 80 and 100 years old, and offers great depth as well as the creamy sappiness of old vine fruit over great bases of soil and a fine underlying minerality.
Professional Ratings
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
From a parcel planted in 1920, the 2017 Savigny-lès-Beaune Aux Grands Liards is very good indeed, exhibiting an appealing bouquet of plums, dark berries, licorice and rich soil tones. On the palate, it's medium to full-bodied, velvety and layered, with excellent concentration and depth at the core, fine-grained tannins and a pleasing sense of completeness. This is routinely one of the finest and most consistent examples of village level Savigny-lès-Beaune, and the 2017 is no exception.
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Wilfred Wong of Wine.com
COMMENTARY: The 2017 Domaine Camus-Bruchon & Fils Savigny-lès-Beaune Aux Grands Liards exhibits an excellent juxtaposition of the Old and New Worlds. TASTING NOTES: This wine is fresh, bright, and lasting. Enjoy its aromas and flavors of ripe fruit and rustic notes with a serving of rosemary and garlic-accented roast leg of lamb. (Tasted: October 28, 2019, San Francisco, CA)
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.