Domaine Jean-Jacques Girard, Savigny-lès-Beaune, Burgundy, France 2017

Aged in 2 to 3-year-old oak barrels for 15 months, the Burgundy village red opens with stewed cherry and bacon over a perfumed nose of red cherry and earthy hawthorn, seasoned by black pepper. Smokey red cherry and ripe strawberry on the palate, with fine-grained tannins and fresh acidity. Sweet spices follow to the long finish.