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Savigny-lès-Beaune

A large village in a side valley north of Beaune, and one of the better-value red appellations on the Côte d’Or.

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What to expect in the glass

Light-to-medium bodied Pinot Noir, bright and red-fruited with brisk acidity and light tannin. Drink within five years.

About Savigny-lès-Beaune

Savigny sits in a valley cutting back from the main slope, which gives it a cooler, breezier site than the villages on the escarpment proper.

The wines are light, fresh and red-fruited, with a slightly firmer edge from the two distinct slopes the appellation covers — the Beaune side is rounder, the Pernand side leaner.

Prices here have stayed comparatively reasonable, which in the Côte d’Or of the last decade is worth noting on its own.

What the name means

Legal name
Savigny-lès-Beaune AOC
Type
Appellation d’Origine Contrôlée / Protégée (AOC / AOP)
Set by
INAO
Regulates
Origin, plus grape varieties, maximum yields, minimum ageing.

The delimited area, permitted varieties, maximum yields, minimum alcohol, pruning and training methods, and in many cases minimum ageing. Administered by INAO.

Grapes

Wines from here

red

Red Burgundy

Pinot Noir at its most perfumed and site-specific: pale, silky, high in acid, and the reference point for the variety worldwide.

Rules worth knowing

Confirmed in the EU register

Savigny-lès-Beaune is registered as a Protected Designation of Origin (PDO), file number PDO-FR-A0660, protected at EU level since 1973.

Article 107 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013

Only the rules that change what to expect in the glass or on the label. WineHQ does not reproduce production specifications, and each entry carries the date it was last checked because appellation rules change.

The designation is confirmed above. WineHQ has not read this appellation’s production specification, so it publishes no yields, ageing minima or permitted-variety lists for it — those come from the document linked above, not from a summary of it.

What to eat, and how to serve it

Derived from this region’s signature styles. Each is listed separately, because a region does not have one serving temperature.

Red Burgundy

Serve at 14–16°C (cellar cool).

Try with fillet steak, mushroom pasta or steak with béarnaise.

Where to go next

Places worth trying if you like this one — neighbours, rivals, and the obvious step across.

  • Beaune — The walled town at the centre of the Burgundy trade, and a large village appellation with forty-two Premier Crus and no Grand Cru.
  • Aloxe-Corton — The village around the hill of Corton, which carries the Côte de Beaune’s only red Grand Cru and its greatest white.

Sources

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