Dard et Ribo, St-Joseph Rouge, 2024 certified organic. Savigny is well outside the

Savigny is well outside the home base but it's a smart village to play in — affordable Burgundy fruit shaped by a Morey sensibility

Domaine du Meix Foulot has been farming Mercurey for more than two centuries

predating the French Revolution

gastronomic Côte de Beaune vintage

This half-bottle of the 1990 comes from a private collection and is now fully mature

Dard et Ribo, St-Joseph Rouge, 2024 certified organic. Savigny is well outside theSt Joseph sits across the river from Crozes, and the difference is written in the soil: this is Syrah grown on sandy granite and decomposed granite, which gives it a firmer, more mineral spine than Dard et Ribo's Crozes bottlings. It's the most structured and ageworthy of their reds, still made in the domaine's natural, unextracted, low sulfur style, so the power comes with lift rather than bulk. Expect savory, peppery Syrah with a granite driven cut