Vincent Guillemot said that harvesting in 2022 began on 28 August. He used about half whole clusters for all the wines, with five days of immersion of the chapeau at the end of vinification. Overall, yield for the reds was 35 hl/ha, 42 hl/ha for the whites. Alcohols are about 12.5%.
The estate was certified organic in 2021 and now is practicing biodynamic methods.
Savigny-lès-Beaune is not a glamor name among Côte d’Or villages the way Gevrey-Chambertin or Volnay are, but you will find tremendous quality here at keen prices, and the 2022s here are real standouts.
For 2022, I only tasted the reds. (Continue reading here.)
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