Domaine Jean-Marc & Hugues Savigny-Les-Beaune Aux Guettes Premier Cru Crisp and a fine chalky minerality

and a fine chalky minerality

elegant end of the Burgundian spectrum — fresh red fruit

let's say this is the Santennay of Carneros--red fruited

David Hirsch's  first Chardonnay vineyard was planted in 1994

Fewer than 175 cases made

Domaine Jean-Marc & Hugues Savigny-Les-Beaune Aux Guettes Premier Cru Crisp and a fine chalky mineralityAiry, cool, and fine boned red cherry, dark cherry, violet, and a lacy mineral finish that cuts clean and lingers with quiet authority. Where La Dominode leads with power, Aux Guettes leads with precision a higher elevation, limestone and gravel site on the upper slope of Savigny ls Beaune that trades density for tension, and always wins on elegance. Organically farmed, native yeast, 12 months in barrel, whole cluster in the mix. The restraint here is