Savigny-lès-Beaune Aux Grands Liards
2009
Domaine Simon Bize et Fils is a truly classic Burgundian family domain: not large (22 hectares, with small plots spread across many appellations), but not too small, with production of about 7,000 cases per year; resolutely old-fashioned (wines typically feature 100% stem inclusion and discrete use of oak), and committed to making age-worthy wines from low-yielding old vines. The domaine is located in the 'truly classic' Burgundian village of Savigny-les-Beaune. If Savigny now enjoys a...
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The 1.6 ha vineyard is located under Lavières, on calcareous soil, reddish clay with gravel.
The winemaking aims at respecting the soil diversity with an emphasis on finesse and elegance over power and exaggerated extraction. Once at the winery, grapes are sorted to remove those affected by rotting or immature, then conveyed in wooden vats.
We use very little or no new barrels for the aging of red wines. The age of the barrels varies from 1 to 6 years to preserve the Pinot Noir's delicate and typical aromas. The malolactic fermentation occurs randomly and can last from January to June
Only one bleed is done after a year of breeding to assemble wines in stainless steel vats in which they gradually prepare wine for bottling without fining or filtration.
The wine is more sustained, more masculine, with a very good ageing potential.
A solar vintage.
A balanced, energetic wine.
Well-rounded tannins, delicious.
A generous style, evoking smoky cherry, sandalwood, floral and mineral aromas and flavors. Firms up, yet all the components are in the right proportions as this winds down on the savory aftertaste. Best from 2021 through 2033.
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This had also just been bottled. A slightly more elegant nose is composed of pretty red pinot, wild dark berries, earth and a hint of the sauvage. The medium-bodied flavors are delicious, round and quite generous also enjoy excellent phenolic maturity of the structural elements and again, while this is sufficiently firm to warrant mid-term cellaring, could easily be enjoyed early on.
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