A follow-up to our offer of the 2019 vintage a while back, Ecard is a small operation located in Savigny les Beaune, making brilliant wines from less than 5 hectares, and is currently operated by Michel Ecard, the son of Maurice Ecard, one of the great winemakers of Savigny les Beaune. We have been enjoying these wines since the 90s, and when Maurice retired in 2005, the family chose to dissolve the Domaine rather than split it. However, Michel still had a passion for winemaking, having worked beside his father for most of his life, and was determined to create his own label. Michel arranged to rent vines from his uncle, who also had holdings in Savigny, and the rest was history.
Michel expanded on what he learned from his father, and in short order, it was clear he was on the right track, with wines that showed a bit more refinement than his father's but still retained a classic sense of place. Michel is a one-person show and does most of the work in the vineyard and the cellar himself, never using herbicides or pesticides, plowing between the vines, and limiting yields with a more hands-off approach in the cellar.
The Serpentieres is one of the best vineyards in Savigny and produces the best wine at this Domaine, featuring gravelly soils with iron-rich marl and some clay. The Serpentieres comes from an old-vine plot planted in the 1930s, giving the vines significant age. This wine shows excellent old-vine concentration, with aromas of dark cherry, blueberry, light spice, and incense. Full-bodied, structured, yet supple with fresh red plum and black cherry, this is excellent.
The wines from Ecard are hard to find in the USA because their importer dropped them, and today they don't have an official importer. Because of this, we were able to get the only bottles of the 2020 Serpentieres available in the US right now at this excellent pricing, and it's one of the top buys from this lovely vintage.
2020 Domaine Michel & Joanna Ecard Savigny-lès-Beaune 1er Cru Les Serpentières
2020 Domaine Michel & Joanna Ecard Savigny-lès-Beaune 1er Cru Les Serpentières
A follow-up to our offer of the 2019 vintage a while back, Ecard is a small operation located in Savigny les Beaune, making brilliant wines from less than 5 hectares, and is currently operated by Michel Ecard, the son of Maurice Ecard, one of the great winemakers of Savigny les Beaune. We have been enjoying these wines since the 90s, and when Maurice retired in 2005, the family chose to dissolve the Domaine rather than split it. However, Michel still had a passion for winemaking, having worked beside his father for most of his life, and was determined to create his own label. Michel arranged to rent vines from his uncle, who also had holdings in Savigny, and the rest was history.
Michel expanded on what he learned from his father, and in short order, it was clear he was on the right track, with wines that showed a bit more refinement than his father's but still retained a classic sense of place. Michel is a one-person show and does most of the work in the vineyard and the cellar himself, never using herbicides or pesticides, plowing between the vines, and limiting yields with a more hands-off approach in the cellar.
The Serpentieres is one of the best vineyards in Savigny and produces the best wine at this Domaine, featuring gravelly soils with iron-rich marl and some clay. The Serpentieres comes from an old-vine plot planted in the 1930s, giving the vines significant age. This wine shows excellent old-vine concentration, with aromas of dark cherry, blueberry, light spice, and incense. Full-bodied, structured, yet supple with fresh red plum and black cherry, this is excellent.
The wines from Ecard are hard to find in the USA because their importer dropped them, and today they don't have an official importer. Because of this, we were able to get the only bottles of the 2020 Serpentieres available in the US right now at this excellent pricing, and it's one of the top buys from this lovely vintage.
