Though Saisons is one of our favorite micro-négociant projects in Burgundy, and we've carried everything we can over the last couple years; we’ve barely mentioned their name since bringing in their first vintage in 2019. Simply put: there's been barely any wine to share – '21 being so slim, they bottled one (!) cuvée, in magnum.

But after a more plentiful ‘22 and an opportunity to sit and taste with them this past fall in the Wassermans' Beaune office, it felt like high time to talk about this rising star.

Saisons started as the passion project of two dear friends (and coworkers), Eric Pignal and Loïc Lamy. At the time they were working in the same cellar, looking for a way to express themselves with a personal label; allowing them to work with organic or biodynamic terroirs that had yields so small, they could be absolutely uncompromising in the cellar.

And, when we say quantities are small, it's hard to exaggerate: in frost stricken 2021, they made just one barrel of the magnums below.

They began the project with all single-site cuvées, all farmed organically:
– Lieu-dit "Les Cornillaux" in Saint Veran
– Dessus Les Vermot in Savigny
– A village level clos in "Les Hâtes’ surrounded by 1er crus in Santenay

Since Saisons' inception, the pair has continued to grow their resumes in Burgundy: Pignal became the head winemaker at Savigny’s iconic Domaine Simone Bize, and Lamy now oversees the export of Volnay luminary Étienne de Montille. After the 2021 vintage the two agreed that their personal responsibilities were too much to continue Saisons together; so as of the ‘22 vintage, Lamy and his wife Milena Berman operate the winery.

The view from Meloisey is *particularly* scenic 😍 photo via @vins.saisons

Despite the split, little has changed in the winery which (in what feels like a very positive sign) is housed in Pierre-Henri Rougeot’s old cellar in Meloisey.

Everything is fermented with native yeasts, reds are fermented whole-cluster with ‘pump overs’ gently done using small buckets. Élevage is in barrel for about a year before the wines are moved to tank (where the white spends the most amount of time, almost 6 months) before bottling. Across the board, sulfur is used minimally, and sometimes not at all. 

The final wines are deeply drinkable, with an intellect that shows the pedigree of their sites and the artisanal scale of this winery.

2023 brings two new wines: an Aligoté (on the next release) and a cooling Jacquère he gets from Savoie’s Thomas Blard.

2023 Saisons Jacquère, Savoie, VdF $54
2020 Saisons Saint-Véran, Maconnais $55
2022 Saisons Saint-Véran, Maconnais $55
2022 Saisons Bourgogne Côtes du Couchois Rouge $80
2021 Saisons Savigny-les-Beaune, Magnum $205
2022 Saisons Savigny-les-Beaune $120

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