Savigny-lès-Beaune Les Fournaux Premier Cru
2011
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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Vines were planted in 1962 and 1963. The parcel covers a little more than 1 hectare. This wine gets its name from the ore smelting, which was extracted from an open-pit mine.
"Couleur relativement évoluée, avec un pourtour grenat. Au nez, le vin a un caractère viandé et légèrement animal, avec une bonne masse de fruit par ailleurs. Goûteux et persistant !"
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