2020 Domaine Camus-Bruchon Savigny-lès-Beaune "Cuvée Reine Joly"

“Monsieur Camus is also using more demi-muids for his Cuvée Reine Joly bottling of Savigny villages, as in 2020 half of the bottling was raised in these six hundred liter barrels. The other half was raised in traditional two hundred twenty-eight liter Burgundy barrels, with only a couple of them new. The resulting wine is excellent, delivering a very fine aromatic constellation of red and black cherries, red currants, gamebird, bonfire, a very good base of soil tones, Savigny spice, violets and a touch of cocoa powder in the upper register. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied and tangy, with a lovely core, ripe tannins, fine focus and grip and a long, bright and very well balanced finish. This is fairly structured out of the blocks and will need some bottle age to soften up, but it is going to be excellent villages.” (11/2021)

“The 2020 Savigny-lès-Beaune "Cuvée Reine Joly", a blend of six parcels, offers pure raspberry and wild strawberry scented on the nose, a hint of pressed rose petal. The palate is medium-bodied with tart red fruit, quite saline, needing a little cohesion and flesh towards the crunchy finish, though I suspect it will flesh out during the remainder of its élevage. (NM)” (11/2021)