Simon Bize, Savigny Beaune Vergelesses Rouge Vintage:2017 To explain some of the

To explain some of the many things I saw and learned from them

The 2017 (the only Hunting Hill Pinot for which notes are available on the Kumeu River website) was hand-harvested and 100% de-stemmed then crushed

Quite a bit of tannin and dryness now

the 2018 Extra-Brut Les Empreintes was disgorged in November 2023 with a dosage of 1

and to my mind

Simon Bize, Savigny Beaune Vergelesses Rouge Vintage:2017 To explain some of theThis is also quite cool and restrained with its broad based nose of plum, violets, earth, spicy and red currant aromas. There is a quite sophisticated mouth feel to the highly energetic and beautifully well detailed middle weight flavors that are less seductively textured but even finer. This impression is abetted by the very fine grain of the supporting tannins all wrapped in a long, balanced and serious finish. Lovely juice though note that like the