Savigny-les-Beaune 2022

While Savigny-lès-Beaune is widely renowned for its elegant red wines, its very limited production of white wines stands as a true insider's gem. The Savigny-lès-Beaune Blanc 2022 by Domaine de Bellene is a masterful and pure expression of Chardonnay. Founded by the celebrated vigneron Nicolas Potel under strict organic and biodynamic principles, the estate crafts this wine from old vines thriving on premium hillside plots characterized by a perfect blend of limestone marls and sandy veins—ideal for granting the wine verticality, refinement, and a deep, chalky signature.

The 2022 vintage was sunny and rewarding, delivering a beautiful core of ripe fruit and a velvety mouthfeel, while successfully safeguarding the refreshing, vibrant acidity that defines the Domaine's style. In the cellar, Potel practices low-intervention winemaking: spontaneous fermentation triggers via indigenous yeasts, followed by roughly 12 months of aging in French oak barriques with a highly discrete use of new wood. This precise approach enhances the wine's architectural weight and yields a silky texture, while fully preserving its trademark mineral precision and crisp freshness.