Winemaker Notes
Bright gold color. Expressive aromas of citrus fruit and white pear mixed with a hint of minerality. Complex with a fleshy texture. Long and precise finish.
Professional Ratings
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Wilfred Wong of Wine.com
COMMENTARY: The 2019 Domaine Chanson Savigny-les-Beaune Hauts Marconnets Premier Cru shines on the palate with a mouth-filling impact. TASTING NOTES: This wine exhibits alluring aromas and flavors of savory spices, mineral notes, tart apple, and dried herbs. Enjoy it with lightly-seasoned rotisserie chicken. (Tasted: February 24, 2021, San Francisco, CA)
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James Suckling
This not only has attractive candied-grapefruit and fresh-pineapple aromas, but also plenty of depth and ripeness on the medium-bodied palate. Impressive freshness and slate-like minerality at the finish. Just a whiff of smoky oak. From organically grown grapes. Drink or hold.
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Jeb Dunnuck
Lots of ripe Meyer lemon, melon, and honeyed minerality emerge from the 2019 Savigny-Les-Beaune 1er Cru Hauts Marconnets Blanc, a bright, juicy, lively white that brings medium-bodied richness, good overall balance, and a clean, enjoyable finish. It's one of the brighter, racier whites in the lineup, but it has good mid-palate density and extract, and I suspect it will evolve for a decade.
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Wine Spectator
This sleek white offers a whiff of butterscotch candy on the nose, which gives way to peach, apple pie, butter and baking spice flavors. Fluid and harmonious, with a lingering aftertaste of citrus and spice. Drink now. 40 cases imported.
Founded in 1750, Chanson is one of the five grand "shippers" of Burgundy's Côte d'O r- an estate steeped in centuries-old tradition and rich in viticultural history. As a négociant (winemaker and merchant) and a domaine (vineyard estate), Chanson has represented the best of Burgundy for more than 250 years, growing its own grapes, partnering with other growers, bottling, selling, and shipping its own wines.
Chanson's holdings comprise some of Burgundy's most coveted vineyards. Located in the heart of the Côte de Beaune (the historical center of Burgundy) and surrounded by some of the greatest vineyards in the world, Chanson can count French philosophe Voltaire, romantic poet Lamartine, and the Bonaparte family among its clients.
Its celebrated bastion, a 15th-century fortress first rented and then acquired in 1794 to cellar the wines, is an internationally celebrated icon of Burgundy (the largest of six bastions that form part of the wall surrounding the city of Beaune).
To visit Chanson is to travel back in time and experience the magic of the 1000-year-old tradition of winemaking. Chanson still vinifies and cellars its wines in the bastion as it has for over 200 years. The 10-meter thick walls of this ancient fortress make it ideal for winemaking.
One of the most popular and versatile white wine grapes, Chardonnay offers a wide range of flavors and styles depending on where it is grown and how it is made. While it tends to flourish in most environments, Chardonnay from its Burgundian homeland produces some of the most remarkable and longest lived examples. California produces both oaky, buttery styles and leaner, European-inspired wines. Somm Secret—The Burgundian subregion of Chablis, while typically using older oak barrels, produces a bright style similar to the unoaked style. Anyone who doesn't like oaky Chardonnay would likely enjoy Chablis.
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.