Domaine Jean-Marc & Hugues Pavelot Savigny-Les Beaune 'La Dominode' Pinot Noir Cote de Beaune 2018

Wine Review Domaine Jean-Marc & Hugues Pavelot 2018 Savigny-lès-Beaune "La Dominode"  ♥ 1er Cru Red barrel Score: 91-94 BURGHOUND Tasted: Apr 10, 2020 Drink: 2033+ Issue: 78 Sweet spot Outstanding Note: two-thirds of the vines are between 70 and 80 years of age and the remaining vines are approximately 20+ years old Producer note: Hugues Pavelot noted that 2018 "gave us very high maturities and thus you had to choose your picking dates carefully. We began the harvest with our whites on the 28th of August and continued picking through to the 9th of September. As was the case in 2017, the fruit was about as clean as I have seen it. Yields were better than what we normally have, which is to say around 40 hl/ha for the pinot with good but not really high potential alcohols that ranged from 12.8 to 13.8%. I used a bit of whole clusters of between 15 to 30%, and I believe that this was helpful in preserving the freshness, which is critical in very warm vintages like