The 2016 Savigny-lès-Beaune 1er Cru Les Peuillets consists of just two and a half barrels this year due to the frost. Here, I detected just a slight note of volatile acidity on the nose. The palate is more controlled and focused, quite soft in texture with smudged black fruit, but the finish was missing the structure and tension of the excellent 2015 that I tasted last year.

The 2015 Savigny-lès-Beaune 1er Cru Les Peuillets, which sees around 20% new oak, offers lively blackberry and raspberry scents on the notes, touches of iodine emerging with aeration. The palate is medium-bodied with supple tannin. This Savigny has impressive volume...it really seems to fill the mouth with juicy black fruit, offering a hint of spicebox and white pepper on the finish. This is a lovely 2015 and it should drink well for 4-6 years.

The 2014 Savigny-les-Beaune 1er Cru les Peuillets has a very expressive, mineral-led bouquet with fine delineation and focus. The palate is taut and fresh, crispy tannin here that impart fine tension and sense of nascent energy that gently fans out towards the precise finish. It is not tremendously long, but I like the detail here.