Winemaker Notes
Guillemot’s wines are rustic, fine, and firmly rooted in the old tradition of Burgundian winemaking, which produces balanced wines that showcase the bright fruit and savory character of Savigny-lès-Beaune. This bottling is sure to convince any Pinot Noir drinker that there’s something special about Burgundy.
Professional Ratings
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Wilfred Wong of Wine.com
COMMENTARY: The 2017 Domaine Pierre Guillemot Savígny-lès-Beaune Vieille Vignes is beautiful and focused. TASTING NOTES: This wine is bright and lively. Enjoy its classic aromas and flavors of red fruit and savory spice accents with an herb-crusted, grilled lamb chop or two. (Tasted: November 20, 2019, San Francisco, CA)
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The 2017 Savigny-lès-Beaune Vieilles Vignes is showing very well from bottle, bursting from the glass with an inviting bouquet of raspberries, spices and incense. Medium to full-bodied, fleshy and succulent, with a generous core of fruit, melting tannins and juicy acids, this will offer a broad window of delicious drinking.
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.