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Louis Jadot Savigny-Lès-Beaune 1er Cru Clos des Guettes 2018.
Product Code:
33535921555103
Country:
France / Côte de Beaune.
Grape Varieties:
100% Pinot Noir.
Case Size:
6 x 75 cl
Ratings:
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£238.35
Solidly-built, lacking neither character nor strength, it is a very fruity and silky wine in the mouth with a potential for ageing.
VINEYARDS: Savigny produces almost exclusively red wines (90%) with the village and premier cru appellations. The vineyard has south, south-east, east and north-east exposure and is situated between 220 and 360m. The chalky soil is gravely or stony, light and infertile. Les Guettes lies in the middle of the commune, near the village of Savigny.
VINTAGE: 2018 has, in short, been probably the most successful vintage since 2015, with some growers harping back to 1990 and even 1947! However, unlike both these vintages, the yields were kind to the growers such were the perfect weather conditions from bud break through to harvest. The end of the vegetative growth cycle took place in hot and often very dry conditions across the region. Isolated localised thunderstorms in July brought with them a sprinkling of rain. In the Côte de Nuits, the south of Nuits Saint-Georges was struck twice by hailstorms. Luckily, however, there was little damage to the vineyards. The vines remained healthy and the sun shone consistently throughout summer. There was barely any need for triage, and it took us a fortnight to pick the entire domaine. For the whites there was an excellent levels of ripeness that lead us to expect great white wines that will be both rich and opulent but balanced by appropriate levels of freshness. In reds, the level of concentration is rare indeed. Colours are deep, yet tannins have an incredibly supple character, the result of perfect levels of ripeness at harvest.
WINEMAKING: Hand harvested grapes are thoroughly sorted Hand and destemmed. Maceration takes place in oak for 3 or 4 weeks, where it is pumped over twice a day. This is followed by 18 months ageing in French oak, 1/3 new.
Solidly-built, lacking neither character nor strength, it is a very fruity and silky wine in the mouth with a potential for ageing.
VINEYARDS: Savigny produces almost exclusively red wines (90%) with the village and premier cru appellations. The vineyard has south, south-east, east and north-east exposure and is situated between 220 and 360m. The chalky soil is gravely or stony, light and infertile. Les Guettes lies in the middle of the commune, near the village of Savigny.
VINTAGE: 2018 has, in short, been probably the most successful vintage since 2015, with some growers harping back to 1990 and even 1947! However, unlike both these vintages, the yields were kind to the growers such were the perfect weather conditions from bud break through to harvest. The end of the vegetative growth cycle took place in hot and often very dry conditions across the region. Isolated localised thunderstorms in July brought with them a sprinkling of rain. In the Côte de Nuits, the south of Nuits Saint-Georges was struck twice by hailstorms. Luckily, however, there was little damage to the vineyards. The vines remained healthy and the sun shone consistently throughout summer. There was barely any need for triage, and it took us a fortnight to pick the entire domaine. For the whites there was an excellent levels of ripeness that lead us to expect great white wines that will be both rich and opulent but balanced by appropriate levels of freshness. In reds, the level of concentration is rare indeed. Colours are deep, yet tannins have an incredibly supple character, the result of perfect levels of ripeness at harvest.
WINEMAKING: Hand harvested grapes are thoroughly sorted Hand and destemmed. Maceration takes place in oak for 3 or 4 weeks, where it is pumped over twice a day. This is followed by 18 months ageing in French oak, 1/3 new.
All our wines are stored in our importers bonded warehouse, which have the optimum environment for fine wine storage, by carefully regulating temperature, humidity and other microclimatic factors.
As such, please allow between 7 and 10 days for your delivery to arrive.
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