Domaine Antoine Olivier, Beaupaire 2021, Santenay 1er Cru

This is not your weeknight Pinot. This is your “we lit the candles and set the table” Pinot, for nights when you’re serving pork chops, pan-seared salmon, or whatever you made with real effort and no backup plan.

Tasting Notes: This Premier Cru Pinot Noir shows a medium-plus ruby color and a vibrant nose of dark cherry, violets, and a hint of earth. The palate is fresh and juicy, with concentrated red fruit that lifts through the mid-palate before finishing with a subtle note of strawberry. There’s a graceful intensity to the wine, with a gentle increase in flavor and texture that makes each sip feel more rewarding than the last. Perfect with veal, pork, roasted poultry, or salmon.

Varietals: 100% Pinot Noir

About the Estate: Founded in the late 1960s, Domaine Olivier began when Hervé Olivier inherited a handful of vineyards from his grandfather, Antoine Chevalier Moreau. Over the decades, the family expanded their holdings across Santenay, Savigny-lès-Beaune, Pommard, and Nuits-Saint-Georges, with a particular passion for reviving historic white wine terroirs in Santenay that had long been neglected. Today, Antoine and Rachel Olivier lead the domaine with a focus on sustainable farming, traditional winemaking, and expressing the purity of Burgundy’s soils through thoughtful, terroir-driven wines.