Savigny les Beaune 1er Cru Blanc "Les Vergelesses" from the famous Maratray Dubreuil estate in the 2023 vintage: balance, aromatic intensity and elegance, while having the finesse of the great Chardonnay of Burgundy.
Savigny les Beaune Premier Cru white 2023
Complex
Powerful
Mineral
Fruity
Woody
Discover the plot of Savigny les Beaune 1er Cru Les Vergelesses:
Intense and floral Burgundy white wine: terrine, small oven, freshwater fish, sushi, crab, prawns, seafood, veal in white sauce, poultry blanquette, poultry fillets, county, gouda, camembert, brie
Appellation
Premier CruType of Wine
StillWine Making
Oak casksGrape Variety
ChardonnayHarvest
ManualBurgundy Region
Côte de BeauneVintage
2023Service
12 to 14 degreesCustody potential
2032
Characteristics of the wines
Red: deep cherry, purple colour with garnet reflections, then a bouquet of black and red berries (blackcurrant, cherry, raspberry), as well as flowers (violet). The body is discreetly tannic and full. It preserves its fruit. Roundness and volume, balance and power in just the right proportions often evoke sour cherries with a beautiful elegance.
White: gold with emerald or pale straw reflections, it has a floral and cheerful nose. Its bouquet is willingly buttered and brioche. Accents of lemon, grapefruit, sometimes mineral. The attack and vivacity contribute to the frankness of a clean and frank wine, where a persistent and sometimes spicy fatness is expressed, quite carnal.
Sommelier's tip
Red: its volume and round power will accompany pleasant and tasty cuts of beef, or even pan-fried foie gras. On crispy roast poultry, its fleshy personality can play with the slightly dry fibres of a poultry, as well as with the more aromatic fibres of a lacquered or caramelised poultry. For cheeses, he prefers those with a mild flavour such as Chaource, Brie de Meaux, Tomme, Reblochon, Cantal, Mont d'Or, Époisses.
Serving temperature: 15 °C.
White: behind a lively and frank attack, which will be appreciated by freshwater fish in white sauce or omelettes and scrambled eggs, its rich and unctuous bouquet will ensure a pleasant and relaxing finish. He appreciates goat's cheese, Gruyères, Comté, Cîteaux.
Serving temperature: 11 to 12 °C.
Situation
Like a map unfolding, the landscape widens between the Montagne de Corton and Beaune. The heights of the Côte de Beaune take a step back, on either side of a small river, the Rhoin. The vineyard is old. It belonged for a long time to the Ducal domain, to the neighbouring abbeys, to the Knights of Malta. The important fourteenth-century castle signals the legitimate claims of the cru. The Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée was instituted in 1937.
Terroirs
On slopes rising gently and then firmer, from 250 metres to 400 metres above sea level, we find the alluvial fan of the Rhoin and then the geology of the Corton Mountain. On the Pernand-Vergelesses side, the south-facing exposure benefits from gravelly soils, dotted with ferruginous oolite. As it descends, the reddish-brown limestone becomes more clayey and stony. Opposite, the hillside looks up to the east on limestone soils with sandy shades.
List of climats and localities of this appellation
Source: BIVB
Located in Ladoix Serrigny in the far north of the Côte de Beaune, Domaine Maratray Dubreuil is one of the most prestigious and consistent estates in this part of Burgundy.
The Domaine has a cultivated surface area of 19 hectares and offers several great village appellations such as Aloxe Corton, Ladoix in red and white, Pernand Vergelesses, Chorey Les Beaune, Savigny Les Beaune, but also premiers Crus and several Grands Crus of Burgundy : Corton (Bressandes, Clos du Roi) and the famous Corton Charlemagne in Grand Cru blanc de Bourgogne.
Particular care is taken at each stage, both for the rigorously cultivated vines, and for the harvest, which is picked by hand and then vinified in the traditional way while taking advantage of the various technological developments, with an ageing in barrels of 12 months for the white wines and 18 months for the red wines.
