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Louis Chenu Père & Filles

After a brief hiatus, it is a pleasure to return to this Domaine in Savigny-lès-Beaune, just up from Domaine Bize to meet winemakers Caroline and Juliette Chenu. This small Domaine has been certified organic since 2015 and the sisters told me that this made it a bit “tricky” with oïdium. “The 2018 and 2019 vintages remind me of 2009 and 2010. We had a bit of frost but we did not see it at the time. It was quite rainy in spring and in summer the temperature reached 41°C. There was no rain at all before harvest. The maturity came in September and we started picking on 14 September, by then we had the same phenolic ripeness as the previous year. We cropped at around 35hl/ha, about one-third less than 2018 though that was a large crop. The whites production is particularly small in 2019. The vinification was normal and there were no problems finishing the sugar after fermentation. The whites were bottled just before harvest as we use the same barrels for each vintage.” This was a fine set of wines from the Chenu sisters, capped by an excellent Savigny-lès-Beaune Les Haut Jarrons and an almost flinty, tensile Les Lavières.

From La Lumière Noire: 2019 Burgundy - Côte de Beaune (Dec 2020) by Neal Martin

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2018 Savigny-lès-Beaune Vieilles Vignes

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