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The February 2019 Distinguished Cellar Auction, Part I

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Auction Ends: 2/7/2019 6:00:00 PM PDT

Lot #273. Jean-Marc et Hugues Pavelot Savigny-lès-Beaune Aux Gravains 2012

Description: Consists of 1 Bottle, 0.75L
Score: 92-94 WA.
"The 2012 Savigny-les-Beaune 1er Cru Aux Gravains has another bright, vivacious bouquet with dark cherries, wild strawberry and blood orange overlaying some fine mineralite. Again, there is wonderful definition and vigor in situ. The palate is medium-bodied with a marine-influenced entry – hints of seaweed/iodine informing the dense black fruit. This has very good substance with a long, complex, mineral laden finish. Superb. Sometimes it can be a hindrance when wines are uniformly good. As I quipped to Hugues Pavelot, a writer prefers to use a sliding rule of adjectives rather than synonyms for “excellent”. But I had no other recourse tasting through a scintillating set of Savigny-les-Beaune wines from quite possibly the village’s finest producer. The harvest here commenced on September 20 with low yields hovering around 20-25 hectoliters per hectare, bunches fully de-stemmed. Furthermore, the domaine’s portfolio has been curtailed, as some parcels leased from their aunt in Pernand-Vergelesses have had to be relinquished. Their 2012s, which were taken directly from barrels that had just been racked, were surfeit with energy, vivacity, purity and terroir expression, to the point where I had to ask, what more could you want from such wines? Chapeau Hugues et Pierre-Yves Pavelot!" eRobertParker.com #210, Dec 2013
Lot Location: Orange County
Estimate: $30

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