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The Givry 2019 is sourced from the best parcels of the family’s six hectares closest their home in Poncey, in the village appellation of Givry (wine that doesn’t make the cut is sold in bulk to a négociant). The grapes are fermented on the natural ambient yeast in concrete vats, and the wine is matured for twelve months in a mix of neutral oak barrels. The result, in the outstanding 2019 vintage, is a limpid crimson red Burgundy with inviting aromas of brambly red fruit and spices, including wild strawberries, lingonberries, dried red currants, and allspice, along with insistent suggestions of fresh white tobacco, forest mushrooms, and freshly cut sage. On the palate, the wine is racy, juicy, and succulent, at the same time nimble, layered, and nuanced, with a generous core of spiced red fruit that echoes the nose, including strawberry preserves, lavender, and cardamom, and an intriguing orange-citrus element that lingers through the long, refreshing, very elegant finish. Over time in the glass, the wine grows more voluminous, yet always remains accessible, well-integrated, and refreshing. Drink now–2030.
About this wine producer: The Desvignes family has lived in the Givry hamlet of Poncey, about ten kilometers west of Chalon-sur-Saone, since 1870. In 1998, Eric Desvignes, like so many of the best of his generation, was the first in the family to estate bottle the wine.
In 2016, after formal viticulture and enology studies, as well as apprenticeships in Oregon and Burgundy, Gautier Desvignes joined his father, Eric, as co-gérant of the family’s estate. Today, the family farms eleven hectares spread out over twenty parcels in the Givry and Givry Premier Cru appellations. Gautier’s obsessive commitment to sustainable farming, hand harvesting, and manual sorting results in a tiny annual production of 45,000 bottles of terroir expressive Givry.
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