Savigny Les Beaune 1er Cru Cuvee Arthur Girard 2019159th Hospices De Beaune Wine Auction on the 17th November 2019 Vintage Report 2019 is a superbly concentrated vintage for red wines, having enjoyed a fine warm summer which ripened the grapes so well but with volumes a little down against the average. A key factor however is that despite the sugar levels and the concentration of fruit flavours, acidity also remained high, so we have red wines full of energy and drive. Glowing crimson purple, fresh

It is hard to call Petrus a “sleeper of the vintage

consistent with the 2016 vintage

It has a very intense bouquet that is extremely well-defined and shrugs off that higher alcohol level

2% Cabernet Franc and 2% Petit Verdot

co-fermentation according to maturity

Composed of 56% Merlot

a superb forerunner to the brilliant 2015 and it should not be underestimated

The robe is yellow gold colour

It finishes with spectacular freshness and loads of layers

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like the nose

The 2017 Blanc prances out of the glass with pretty