2023 Domaine Pierre Guillemot Savigny-les-Beaune Dessus les Gollardes, Cote de Beaune, France GlenAllachie a great Loire Valley winemaker

a great Loire Valley winemaker

cold settling before fermentation begins

Grüner in the Loibenberg is typically grown nearer the base of the incline where the primary rock soil has a  layer of löss

Charles Lachaux started his micro-négoce because of Aligoté

2023 Domaine Pierre Guillemot Savigny-les-Beaune Dessus les Gollardes, Cote de Beaune, France GlenAllachie a great Loire Valley winemakerThis rare Savigny white comes from Dessus les Gollardes, where old vines of Pinot Blanc (with a small proportion of Chardonnay) are planted on well drained clay limestone soils. The fruit is hand harvested, direct pressed, and fermented with native yeasts in stainless steel before aging in older barrels to maintain freshness and precision. The domaine works reductively and with minimal intervention, bottling without fining to preserve purity and site