Chantereves Savigny les Beaune Rouge Dessus de Montchenevoy  2024 CS20231023 and considerably more interesting than

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Chantereves Savigny les Beaune Rouge Dessus de Montchenevoy  2024 CS20231023 and considerably more interesting thanSavigny ls Beaune is Chantereves' home village, and this is the bottle where that familiarity shows most plainly. Dessus de Montchenevoy is an upper slope site "dessus" meaning above cooler and stonier than the ground down on the valley floor, which is precisely why the wine has snap. It's a village wine and it doesn't pretend otherwise: crunchy red currant and raspberry, a peppery savory edge, light tannin, no oak veneer, nothing dressed up. Give it