SAVIGNY-LÈS-BEAUNE
PREMIER CRU
LES VERGELESSES 2017
SAVIGNY-LÈS-BEAUNE
PREMIER CRU
LES VERGELESSES 2017
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Varietal
Tasting notes
Colour: Pale gold colour.
Bouquet: Expressive nose of minerals and white flowers, very balanced with notes of honey suckle and white pepper.
Palate: Full attack on citrus fruit, with toasted aromas and. This wine is full fruited with a lots of freshness, a vivacious elegance and persistence. A quite lively, mature, well-structured and harmonious wine.
Food and wine pairing
Serving suggestions
Ageing potential
Origins
The Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée was instituted in 1937. The village of Savigny benefits from a unique situation that gives rise to two different types of wine: the neighbouring slope of Pernand-Vergelesses produces mineral, fruity and elegant wines, while the other, located near Mont Battois, produces richer nectars with more structure.
The Premier Cru vineyard, known as ‘Les Vergelesses’, lies on the border between the communes of Pernand and Savigny, facing south.
Vinification and maturing
The Chardonnay grapes were hand picked and the harvest was followed by bunch selection. The juices were cooled and then settled. The musts were then matured in casks and vats during fermentation and follow the same vinification process as the great Burgundy wines. Stirring and ageing over lees.
Vintage : 2017
In 2017, Burgundy succeed at both quality and quantity levels.
After many vintages impacted by the climatic variation, Bouchard Ainé & Fils recover with the 2017 vintage, a very satisfactory harvest. Not only because the volumes will allow to supply the markets but also because the wines already offer the desire to discover this very elegant vintage.
After spending the winter building up their strength, the vines profited fully from a very warm spring, with budburst in early April ensuring a head start in terms of the growth cycle that was maintained right up to the harvest. The plants progressed from stage to stage free from hindrance, and by mid-June, were flowering before rapid fruit set. An early vintage was confirmed.
During the summer, a few spells of heatwave alternated with more mixed weather.
However, ripening continued at a good pace and by the end of August, the first grapes were being picked, two weeks ahead of average. Harvesting continued until mid-September as each plot reached peak maturity.
Harvest started on the first week of September in Burgundy and ended on September the 30th in the late parcels. The grapes were in exceptional health and required virtually no sorting. Everyone was very enthusiastic about this fabulous fruit, its peak ripeness, and the volumes produced.
After many vintages impacted by the climatic variation, Bouchard Ainé & Fils recover with the 2017 vintage, a very satisfactory harvest. Not only because the volumes will allow to supply the markets but also because the wines already offer the desire to discover this very elegant vintage.
After spending the winter building up their strength, the vines profited fully from a very warm spring, with budburst in early April ensuring a head start in terms of the growth cycle that was maintained right up to the harvest. The plants progressed from stage to stage free from hindrance, and by mid-June, were flowering before rapid fruit set. An early vintage was confirmed.
During the summer, a few spells of heatwave alternated with more mixed weather.
However, ripening continued at a good pace and by the end of August, the first grapes were being picked, two weeks ahead of average. Harvesting continued until mid-September as each plot reached peak maturity.
Harvest started on the first week of September in Burgundy and ended on September the 30th in the late parcels. The grapes were in exceptional health and required virtually no sorting. Everyone was very enthusiastic about this fabulous fruit, its peak ripeness, and the volumes produced.
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