Château de Meursault Savigny-Lès-Beaune Blanc 2023 is a refined white Burgundy for Chardonnay lovers who appreciate freshness, roundness, and subtle oak. This wine comes from Savigny-Lès-Beaune, in the northern part of the Côte de Beaune, and beautifully demonstrates how a cooler, later terroir within Burgundy can give a white wine extra tension and precision. Savigny-Lès-Beaune is a village appellation. What is a village appellation? It is a village appellation that ranks above regional Burgundy and directly links the wine to a specific village with its own style and reputation.
This white Burgundy derives its character from a cool location within one of the most famous parts of the Côte de Beaune.
- Location / Origin: The wine comes from Savigny-Lès-Beaune, in the Côte de Beaune in Burgundy. Within the domain, this is an origin on the northern side of the area, a later terroir known for particularly fresh white wines.
- Vineyard area: Château de Meursault manages 2.6 hectares here for this appellation. This gives this cuvée a distinct, individual foundation within the broader holdings of the domain.
- Soil: The subsoil consists of clay, limestone, and gravel. This combination gives Chardonnay here both breadth and a tauter line, precisely what you look for in a serious white Savigny-Lès-Beaune.
- Exposure: The plots are located on a southeastern exposure, higher up on the slope. This helps combine sufficient ripeness with the preservation of freshness and finesse.
In the cellar, Château de Meursault opts for a classic approach that builds texture without overpowering the origin.
- Harvest & Selection: After manual selection, pressing and settling follow, so that only clean and precise material goes into fermentation. This meticulous start perfectly suits the refined style of this wine.
- Fermentation: Alcoholic fermentation lasts 10 days and takes place in oak barrels. This gives the wine extra breadth and a beautifully integrated touch of oak from the start.
- Aging / Oak aging: The wine then ages for 12 months on its lees, with 25% new oak barrels and the rest being 1 or 2-year-old barrels. During the first 6 months, bâtonnage is applied twice a month, which provides extra richness, texture, and complexity.
This is all about 1 grape that can produce a particularly refined white Burgundy in Savigny-Lès-Beaune.
- 100% Chardonnay – Savigny-Lès-Beaune: Chardonnay forms the complete basis here and gives the wine its combination of fresh tension, round attack, and subtly oak-supported depth. In this origin, it yields a style that remains elegant yet has good volume.
- 90/100, Bourgogne Aujourd’hui (2023): A strong rating that nicely confirms the quality of this vintage within its appellation.
- 89–91/100, Jasper Morris (2023): A promising range for a serious village Burgundy with clear class and origin.
- 4.1 stars, Vivino: An excellent score that proves this wine is widely appreciated by wine lovers.
