Savigny is well outside the home base but it's a smart village to play in — affordable Burgundy fruit shaped by a Morey sensibility
gastronomic Côte de Beaune vintage
and the kind of warm
mineral-driven white wine when someone cares enough
Grosjean's spontaneous fermentation and 8-month aging in foudres preserve the wine's subtle herbaceous character and red cherry fruit
Dard et Ribo, St-Joseph Rouge, 2024 certified organic. Savigny is well outside theSt Joseph sits across the river from Crozes, and the difference is written in the soil: this is Syrah grown on sandy granite and decomposed granite, which gives it a firmer, more mineral spine than Dard et Ribo's Crozes bottlings. It's the most structured and ageworthy of their reds, still made in the domaine's natural, unextracted, low sulfur style, so the power comes with lift rather than bulk. Expect savory, peppery Syrah with a granite driven cut