2020 Domaine Pierre Meurgey Savigny-lès-Beaune "Les Bas Liards", Burgundy, France

About This Wine

The vines for this wine are on average 30 years old with south-eastern exposure on clay and limestone soils. Fermentation takes place with native yeasts  in temperature-controlled vats followed by aging in 228 liter oak barrels.

About This Producer

It has been said that in partnership, the result is harmony. Marion Meurgey, wife of Pierre Meurgey, and one half of the wine making team behind Meurgey Croses and Pierre Meurgey Through a lifetime of building relationships in the vineyards of Burgundy, the Meurgey duo has proven this a steadfast rule. The two are omnipresent in the vineyards from pruning to bud- break to harvest, offering their expertise in organic and biodynamic agriculture while working tirelessly with vineyard managers to oversee the plots destined to become their signature Cote d'Or and Mâconnais wines.

Master of Wine Clive Coates once wrote that a feature of Meurgey wines is the total absence of a "Meurgey" Signature. In a region where 'terroir' is paramount, this may be one of the highest compliments one can receive and a testament to the value of preserving a sense of place as opposed to a homogenized, 'cookie-cutter' winemaking style. Their purist philosophy has evolved even further at Meurgey-Croses with the sovereign belief that the Maconnais and its individually unique regions will be home to an entirely new and soulful renaissance of White Burgundy production.