Chanson Pere & Fils Savigny-Dominode Premier Cru 2020
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Wilfred Wong of Wine.com
COMMENTARY: The 2020 Chanson Pere & Fils Savigny-les-Beaune Dominode Premier Cru is fresh, vibrant, and full of enticing fruit. TASTING NOTES: This wine offers aromas and flavors of blackberries and licorice accents. Try it with grilled lamb kebabs. (Tasted: February 16, 2022, San Francisco, CA)
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James Suckling
If you`re looking for a very concentrated and compact red Burgundy for a moderate price, then this one could be for you. Even in the deeply colored context of 2020, this is almost inky dark, but with a vividly youthful violet rim. Brimming with sour-cherry and forest-berry aromas, it has a dense tannin structure for this supposedly light appellation. Really packs a punch at the bold finish, but also impressive freshness.
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Wine Spectator
Enticing aromas and flavors of black cherry, black currant and sandalwood highlight this firmly structured red. Ends with lightly chewy tannins and an aftertaste of fruit and spice.
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Founded in 1750, Chanson is one of the five grand "shippers" of Burgundy's Côte d'Or- an estate steeped in centuries-old tradition and rich in viticultural history. As a négociant (winemaker and merchant) and a domaine (vineyard estate), Chanson has represented the best of Burgundy for more than 250 years, growing its own grapes, partnering with other growers, bottling, selling, and shipping its own wines.
Chanson's holdings comprise some of Burgundy's most coveted vineyards. Located in the heart of the Côte de Beaune (the historical center of Burgundy) and surrounded by some of the greatest vineyards in the world, Chanson can count French philosophe Voltaire, romantic poet Lamartine, and the Bonaparte family among its clients.
Its celebrated bastion, a 15th-century fortress first rented and then acquired in 1794 to cellar the wines, is an internationally celebrated icon of Burgundy (the largest of six bastions that form part of the wall surrounding the city of Beaune).
To visit Chanson is to travel back in time and experience the magic of the 1000-year-old tradition of winemaking. Chanson still vinifies and cellars its wines in the bastion as it has for over 200 years. The 10-meter thick walls of this ancient fortress make it ideal for winemaking.
Thin-skinned, finicky and temperamental, Pinot Noir is also one of the most rewarding grapes to grow and remains a labor of love for some of the greatest vignerons in Burgundy. Fairly adaptable but highly reflective of the environment in which it is grown, Pinot Noir prefers a cool climate and requires low yields to achieve high quality. Outside of France, outstanding examples come from in Oregon, California and throughout specific locations in wine-producing world. Somm Secret—André Tchelistcheff, California’s most influential post-Prohibition winemaker decidedly stayed away from the grape, claiming “God made Cabernet. The Devil made Pinot Noir.”
Savigny-lès-Beaune is a small village near Beaune that produces delightful red and white wines under its own appellation name. Cut by a river, the vineyards on its southern side have sandy soils that result in charming, floral reds. Premiers Crus vineyards on this side include Les Peuillets, Les Narbantons, Les Rouvrettes and Les Marconnets.
On Savigny’s northern side, bordering Pernand-Vergelles, vineyards are planted on rocky soils and produce juicy and spicy Pinot Noir. The village’s best whites, all made of Chardonnay, are full on the palate and abound in texture, complexity and freshness.