New Arrivals from the Savary Family
Chardonnay vines in Chablis
© Jimmy Hayes
Chardonnay vines in Chablis
© Jimmy Hayes
New Arrivals from the Savary Family
Olivier Savary was not always destined to make wine. Even though many of his relatives around the Chablisien village of Maligny did, a string of challenging harvests had discouraged Olivier’s parents from joining the family business. Chardonnay always ran strongly through his veins, however, so the teenaged Olivier moved to Dijon to pursue wine school even though he knew he wouldn’t have any vines of his own upon his return home.
When Olivier and his now-wife Francine were ready to start their own project back home in 1984, they arranged to farm some rented plots in the appellations of Chablis and Petit Chablis. With his father at his side to farm the complex network of vineyards, Olivier initially sold off the majority of his production in bulk to a négociant. It didn’t take long, though, to feel emboldened by their years of combined experience and family history of winemaking, and Francine and Olivier finally began bottling under their own label. In 1990, Olivier’s longtime friend and Chablis legend Jean-Marie Raveneau introduced Olivier to Kermit, who had recently written, “The white Burgundy that raises the hair on my back, that arouses passions ranging from teeth-gnashing outrage to utmost euphoria, is not even from the Côte d’Or. It is Chablis, northernmost Chablis.” Today, Francine and Olivier are joined by their sons, Maxime and Mathieu, whose ambition and young energy ensures a bright future for the domaine.
After decades of growing their own family domaine, the Savarys have become highly regarded in the appellation. The clay-limestone hillsides of the Kimmeridgian chain are excellent for growing dazzling, complex, and distinctly mineral Chardonnay. However ideal the soil, Olivier, Francine, Maxime, and Mathieu bring their own brilliance to the table as they deliver a thrilling first look at the 2022 vintage in Chablis. From the family’s quintessentially crisp, briny, and immediately charming Chablis to its more complex, luscious, and long-lived premiers crus, the source of these exquisite new arrivals is unmistakable. There is no other place on earth that produces Chardonnay like this.
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Famille Savary France | Burgundy
An element of luscious, tender fruit that seems to coat the wine’s spinal chord of Kimmeridgian minerals.
France | Burgundy
An element of luscious, tender fruit that seems to coat the wine’s spinal chord of Kimmeridgian minerals.
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