Forey Pere et Fils, Savigny-les-Beaune 1er Cru Les Vergelesses, 2023 SFCOUNT010925 and “Adèle” might be his

and “Adèle” might be his most quietly beautiful bottling

This is a single-vineyard Meursault that drinks with the cut and class of wines from far grander addresses

The 2022 vintage is lively and aromatic

all on the Kimmeridgian limestone that defines the southern Aube

Forey Pere et Fils, Savigny-les-Beaune 1er Cru Les Vergelesses, 2023 SFCOUNT010925 and “Adèle” might be hisRegis Forey is a Vosne Romanee benchmark, a grower whose parcels rub shoulders with some of Burgundy's greatest vineyards, and 2023 marks his debut in Savigny les Beaune's Les Vergelesses, a top premier cru of thirty year old vines newly in his hands. Sitting on chalky slopes on Savigny's Pernand facing edge, this is red fruited, floral, mineral Pinot Noir with real tension and cut. It's the more approachable, earlier drinking counterpart to Forey's