Domaine R. Dubois & Fils Savigny Les Beaune
WHY WE LOVE IT
- All the great Burgundian appellations come from the same grape variety: “Pinot Noir” The plots are 7 years old and 40 years old.
- Clay-limestone soil with limestone dominance, and a gravelly or stony texture. The Savigny soils are light and not very fertile lands, which present the optimal conditions to make excellent wines.
- The Savignys develop harmoniously between 3 and 10 years.
Varietal Composition: 100% Pinot Noir
Elaboration: Grape harvesting is done traditionally, with grapes placed in vats for 12 to 15 days. The first 3 days maintain a temperature of 16 to 18°C to preserve aroma, then it rises to 28 to 33°C for fermentation and maceration, enhanced by punching down and pumping over. After pressing, the wine spends 15 months in the cellar, undergoing malolactic fermentation for structural stability, followed by 9 to 12 months in oak barrels, of which one-third are new for added tannins, before bottling.
Tasting Notes: The Savignys have a beautiful color intensity. Their bouquet is elegant, quite powerful, marked by a dominant morello cherry-blackcurrant- raspberry, evolving towards strawberry and undergrowth after a few years. Supple, discreetly tannic, not very acidic, they have a light and loose structure, which gives a feminine and floral image.
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PRODUCER BACKGROUND
The history of Dubois winegrowers begins around 1600 with the birth of Emiland Dubois, the first ancestor and winegrower to be found in official records. More recently, Louis Dubois (1874 – 1947) took over his first plot of vines in 1898, then developed the estate with 5 acres of vines in the village of Premeaux-Prissey and Nuits-Saint-Georges. His son, Robert (1910 – 2004), devoted his life to the estate’s vines, and further increased its size by acquiring his first Nuits Premier Cru plot in 1961. Régis Dubois (born 1939), took up the reins with his wife Christiane, and extended the vineyard from 10 to 25 acres, and then to 50 acres. To increase the value of the wine, he began to bottle the production from 1969 onwards. Presently, Régis manages the technical matters of the domaine.
The fourth generation begins in 1969 with the birth of Raphaël. Since 2006, the vineyard has been managed by Raphaël and his sister, Béatrice Dubois. Raphaël oversees the marketing of the wines and public relations. Béatrice is an oenologist who is truly passionate about wine. She divides her time between producing, analyzing and monitoring the estate’s wines, and customer tastings all over the world, which have now replaced her vinification work in the southern hemisphere.