Hautes Cote de Beaune Vignes Vilon, 2022

Old vines on a cool, high slope in the Hautes-Côtes, picked as whole bunches. Light on its feet and easy to drink young.

Seiichi Saito trained at Bize, Mugnier, Rousseau and Leflaive before starting Petit-Roy in Chorey-lès-Beaune in 2017. Vignes Vilon is one of his own plots: 1.1 hectares at Cormot-le-Grand, facing north-west with little sun, vines planted between 1958 and 1988, farmed biodynamically. The bunches go in whole and start fermenting inside the berry (semi-carbonic), which keeps the fruit bright. A year in used barrels, no fining or filtering. A bright ruby, lighter Pinot with fresh acidity.