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2017 Savigny-lès-Jarrons 1er Cru

Domaine Pierre Guillemot
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Here’s an idea for a study in terroir: invite a couple friends, start the barbecue, and open a bottle of Serpentières alongside a bottle of Jarrons. The two vineyards face each other on opposite sides of the road from Beaune to Savigny. The first, south-facing on limestone-clay marl, has everything in its favor to produce a charming, delicate, beautiful wine—and so it does. The second, Les Jarrons, with sandy, dry soil, and direct sun only in the morning, has everything to test the grower’s savoir faire. The Guillemot interpretation gives a concentrated, structured wine with notable intensity, at no cost to the signature charm that can be found in every one of this producer’s cuvées. We import 900 of the 1,200 bottles they produce each year—as much as we can get, which speaks for itself.

Emily Spillmann


Technical Information
Wine Type: red
Vintage: 2017
Bottle Size: 750mL
Blend: Pinot Noir
Appellation: Savigny-lès-Beaune
Country: France
Region: Burgundy
Producer: Domaine Pierre Guillemot
Vineyard: 40 years, .24 ha
Soil: Clay, Sand, Limestone
Aging: Wine is aged in barrel (10% new for premier cru and grand cru) for 18 months
Farming: Lutte Raisonnée
Alcohol: 13%

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About The Region

Burgundy

map of Burgundy

In eastern central France, Burgundy is nestled between the wine regions of Champagne to the north, the Jura to the east, the Loire to the west, and the Rhône to the south. This is the terroir par excellence for producing world-class Pinot Noir and Chardonnay.

The southeast-facing hillside between Dijon in the north and Maranges in the south is known as the Côte d’Or or “golden slope.” The Côte d’Or comprises two main sections, both composed of limestone and clay soils: the Côte de Nuits in the northern sector, and the Côte de Beaune in the south. Both areas produce magnificent whites and reds, although the Côte de Beaune produces more white wine and the Côte de Nuits more red.

Chablis is Burgundy’s northern outpost, known for its flinty and age-worthy Chardonnays planted in Kimmeridgian limestone on an ancient seabed. Vézelay is a smaller area south of Chablis with similar qualities, although the limestone there is not Kimmeridgian.

To the south of the Côte de Beaune, the Côte Chalonnaise extends from Chagny on its northern end, down past Chalon-sur-Saône and encompasses the appellations of Bouzeron in the north, followed by Rully, Mercurey, Givry, and Montagny.

Directly south of the Chalonnaise begins the Côte Mâconnais, which extends south past Mâcon to the hamlets of Fuissé, Vinzelles, Chaintré, and Saint-Véran. The Mâconnais is prime Chardonnay country and contains an incredible diversity of soils.

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