Emmanuel Rouget, Savigny-les-Beaune, 2023 Clusel Roch 2021 and lightly banana-inflected flavors remind

and lightly banana-inflected flavors remind us of agricole-style rhums

underscored by a persistent minerality and bright acidity

while silky tannins frame fresh red fruit on a lifted

Traditional vinification: cold maceration

this wine is made with minimal intervention—whole-cluster fermentation

Emmanuel Rouget, Savigny-les-Beaune, 2023 Clusel Roch 2021 and lightly banana-inflected flavors remindSavigny les Beaune from Emmanuel Rouget is one of those bottles that quietly punches above its village tier appellation. The domaine run today by Rouget's sons Nicolas and Guillaume, who took the reins in 2011 traces its style directly back to Henri Jayer, the legendary uncle who took Emmanuel under his wing in 1976. That means low yields, careful destemming, gentle cool pre ferment maceration, and aging in classic Burgundian barrels. The 2023 from