2023 Domaine Rapet Pere et Fils, Savigny-les-Beaune Rouge, 1er Cru Aux Fournaux

The 2023 is everything you want from Savigny right now. Forward, aromatic, elegant, and accessible from the first pull. The vines are over 50 years old on iron-rich limestone and clay on the north side of the appellation, where the best premier crus live, southwest-facing, just below Aux Vergelesses and Les Lavières. Rapet's home village, Pernand-Vergelesses, is literally across the road. This is their backyard, and it shows.