Winemaker Notes
This wine is from three different villages vineyards in Savigny-lès-Beaune: Les Planchots, Aux Champs des Pruniers and Dessus de Vermots. These parcels were acquired by the Domaine in 2005 and 2006, and were immediately converted to organic viticulture to restore the vitality and potential of the moderately old vines.
Professional Ratings
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Wilfred Wong of Wine.com
COMMENTARY: 2019 Domaine de Bellene Savigny-Les-Beaune Vieilles Vignes is a powerful and persistent wine with a firm aftertaste. TASTING NOTES: This wine exhibits impressive aromas and flavors of red fruit, black fruit, and black pepper. Pair it with Peruvian beef kebabs. (Tasted: June 14, 2021, San Francisco, CA)
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Wine Enthusiast
Concentration and elegance go hand in hand in this supple, richly blackberried Pinot Noir sourced from vines averaging almost 70 years in age. Moderate in body and etched by a stony, salty minerality, it’s a wine that’s supple and welcoming young.
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.