Simon Bize, Savigny-les-Beaune 1er Cru Aux Vergelesses, 2010 so042826 cibonne 2024s offer Giacomo Conterno’s Barolo Arione is

Giacomo Conterno’s Barolo Arione is sourced from one of its iconic single vineyards in Serralunga

Drink it young while its floral lift is at its peak

drawing on fruit from the prized riverside vineyards of Quinta dos Malvedos and Quinta do Tua

mushroom risotto

but each wine was in the hands of a different member of the family (in the past

Simon Bize, Savigny-les-Beaune 1er Cru Aux Vergelesses, 2010 so042826 cibonne 2024s offer Giacomo Conterno’s Barolo Arione isA 2010 made by Patrick Bize himself, sixteen years on and reaching us from a private cellar rather than the domaine. Aux Vergelesses is Bize's emblematic premier cru: 1. 9 hectares of steep, south southeast facing sandy marl and limestone above Savigny, planted in stages in 1939, 1949 and 1954, so the vines were well past fifty years old by the time this was picked. Bize was famously reluctant to talk technique. When we visited, he preferred to