MARCH 2025 CLUB REDS
*Sorry no video tasting notes this month, we’re over in France on a tasting trip. 

1. Sanzay Saumur-Champigny 2023
GRAPE: 100% Cabernet Franc
TYPE: Organic, unoaked red from the central Loire Valley
YEAR: 2023, warm and sunny
NOTES: The 2023 Saumur Champigny is lively and expressive in the nose — cranberry and spring flowers burst forth with no seriousness or oak. The mouth is surprisingly silky, juicy, and refreshing with a quick clean finish and low alcohol. This cuvée is always easy to like, but the 2023 is particularly gulpable. Look for notes of cranberry, graphite, and wild cherries.
FOOD: Goat cheese on crackers
AVAILABLE: $22/bot ($17.6 with discount)

2. Boursot Savigny-les-Beaune 2022
GRAPE: 100% Pinot Noir
TYPE: Classical red Burgundy from the Côte de Beaune
YEAR: 2022, very hot and dry
NOTES: Savigny’s terroir naturally tends toward linear wines with tension and minerals, notes that play beautifully in a year of heat and drought. The Boursots use 25% amphora and 25% oak for this cuvée, and the result is a pleasant, fresh, extremely drinkable wine. The nose shows cherries and limestone, the mouth is floral and pleasant, with delicate tannins amid the deep inky fruit.
FOOD: Roasted chicken
AVAILABLE: $55/bot ($44 with discount)

3. Gros Hautes-Côtes de Nuits “Vallon” 2022
GRAPE: 100% Pinot Noir
TYPE: Red Burgundy from just west of the Côte d’Or
YEAR: 2022, very hot and dry
NOTES: This bottling comes from south-facing vines and with extra sun always achieves a bit more ripeness. Burghound also awarded his “outstanding” designation to this wine, finding “sleek, vibrant and utterly delicious flavors.” Neal Martin of Vinous found “a lovely nose with rose-petal-tinged red cherry and crushed strawberry fruit.”
FOOD: Chicken soup, sushi, or a flavorful salad
AVAILABLE: $42/bot ($33.6 with discount)