Domaine des Croix Savigny-Les-Beaune 1er Cru Les Peuillets 2023 Consignment organically-tended Zinfandel block in Paso

organically-tended Zinfandel block in Paso Robles' Estrella District that he was eventually offered fruit from on the side

compare terroirs and styles

Sweet Peat was matured in bourbon casks

and freshly cut grass aromatics were a revelation — and they essentially defined what Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc meant

Vino Nobile di Montepulciano was prized by popes and nobles for centuries before Brunello made the region famous

Domaine des Croix Savigny-Les-Beaune 1er Cru Les Peuillets 2023 Consignment organically-tended Zinfandel block in PasoLes Peuillets is the most immediately charming of David Croix's premier crus a single 0. 57 hectare parcel planted in 1971 on the clay limestone alluvial fan that spreads along the Beaune side of Savigny, ground that gives perfume and open red fruit rather than brooding structure. Croix founded the domaine in 2005 after years running the cellar at Camille Giroud, and farms organically (since 2008) with very low yields and a light touch: ambient yeasts