If you've been burned by one too many buttery, oaky California Chardonnays that taste like someone melted a stick of Land O'Lakes into your glass, this is your redemption arc.
Jean-Marc Naudin's white Savigny is Burgundian Chardonnay in its purest form: lean, mineral, unapologetically tart. No new oak. No malolactic fermentation softening the edges. Just Chardonnay from 30-year-old vines on limestone and clay, fermented with wild yeast, aged in neutral barrels until it's ready to drink.
What you taste is orchard fruit - green apple, white peach, pear - cut with lemon zest and crushed stone. There's a saline quality that makes you want to pair it with oysters, even if you're eating leftover chicken. It's the kind of wine that demands food: roasted fish, creamy pasta, anything with herbs and butter. Or a wedge of aged Gruyère and some crusty bread, because sometimes that's dinner.
This is Chardonnay for people who think they hate Chardonnay. It's Burgundy for people who don't want to spend $80 on a bottle to find out what Burgundy is supposed to taste like.
100% Chardonnay | 2023 vintage | Savigny-lès-Beaune, Burgundy, France
If you've been burned by one too many buttery, oaky California Chardonnays that taste like someone melted a stick of Land O'Lakes into your glass, this is your redemption arc.
Jean-Marc Naudin's white Savigny is Burgundian Chardonnay in its purest form: lean, mineral, unapologetically tart. No new oak. No malolactic fermentation softening the edges. Just Chardonnay from 30-year-old vines on limestone and clay, fermented with wild yeast, aged in neutral barrels until it's ready to drink.
What you taste is orchard fruit - green apple, white peach, pear - cut with lemon zest and crushed stone. There's a saline quality that makes you want to pair it with oysters, even if you're eating leftover chicken. It's the kind of wine that demands food: roasted fish, creamy pasta, anything with herbs and butter. Or a wedge of aged Gruyère and some crusty bread, because sometimes that's dinner.
This is Chardonnay for people who think they hate Chardonnay. It's Burgundy for people who don't want to spend $80 on a bottle to find out what Burgundy is supposed to taste like.
100% Chardonnay | 2023 vintage | Savigny-lès-Beaune, Burgundy, France
