Domaine Simon Bize Savigny-les-Beaune 1er Rouge 2021

Savigny-les-Beaune 1er Rouge 2021DOMAINE SIMON BIZEAnother visit to Savigny-les-Beaune with maybe the most famous name in the appellation. One of the original Burgundy darlings when prices started to rise 15 years ago that was a bastion of value.  Quality has never been better so don't sleep on this small lot of just 10 bottles from 2017-2018-2021.90-93 Wine Advocate (Kelley)Blending Fournaux, Talmettes and Marconnets, Bize's 2021 Savigny-lès-Beaune 1er Cru offers up aromas of raspberries, plums, sweet spices, petals and orange rind. Medium to full-bodied, fleshy and layered, it's concentrated and indeed rather taut and introverted right now, but I suspect it will flesh out by the time of bottling.- Neal Martin, Vinous Media Nov 2022I call in to see winemaker Chisa Bize on yet another sunny afternoon in Burgundy, the region enjoying a very late Indian summer. She forewarned: There isn’t much wine. That is not totally unexpected! “It was a COVID vintage in the sense that the vines were