The village appellation dates from 31 July 1937. It covers 300.08 hectares of red, of which 125.31 in premier cru, and 47.79 hectares of white, of which 11.87 in premier cru. The 22 premier cru climats include Les Vergelesses and Basses Vergelesses on the Corton side, Les Lavières, Aux Guettes, Aux Serpentières, Les Marconnets, Les Jarrons, La Dominode, Les Narbantons and Les Peuillets. The vines sit between 250 and 400 metres on slopes facing south and east, on a mix of alluvial deposits, gravelly limestone with oolitic ironstone, red-brown pebbly limestone and sandy limestone.
The Bourgogne wine board describes the red as deep cherry with garnet highlights, with small red and black fruits, blackcurrant, cherry and raspberry, and violet; the body is ample and discreetly tannic. The white is gold with emerald highlights or pale straw, flowery on the nose, with butter and brioche and a lively attack. Average production over 2017 to 2021 was 11,864 hectolitres of red and 1,979 of white a year.
Savigny sits between Corton and Beaune, and its upper slopes share the geology of the hill of Corton. Domaines of the Côte de Nuits also hold vines here: Domaine Prieuré Roch farms plots in Savigny-lès-Beaune alongside its holdings around Nuits-Saint-Georges, and Domaine Emmanuel Rouget makes a Savigny-lès-Beaune village and the premier cru Les Lavières.
The wines above gather the Savigny-lès-Beaune available here. See also Beaune, our premier cru Burgundy or the full range of Burgundy wines.
