2023 Domaine Simon Bize et Fils Savigny-les-Beaune Blanc, Cote de Beaune, France Portugal The 2022 (magnum format) was

The 2022 (magnum format) was aged 18 months in ouillé barrels

the soils are heavy clay with relatively little granite and quite a lot of the iron-like mineral manganese

Theo considers this the finest pinot he made to date

older vines planted in 1955

its co-planted to a mash other different varietals which he's still identifying

2023 Domaine Simon Bize et Fils Savigny-les-Beaune Blanc, Cote de Beaune, France Portugal The 2022 (magnum format) wasMade up of 3 different parcels. The elevage of all the whites in the cellar at Bize tends to follow a consistent style with only the length varying according to the parcel and or vintage. That said, vinifications are never done systematically.