Raised in around 35% new wood, the 2013 Savigny lès Beaune 1er Cru les Serpentières has an airy wild strawberry bouquet that needs to develop more vigor by the time of bottling. The palate is quite masculine and showing rather rustic when I tasted it from vat, while I felt that the wood just jutted out a little on the finish. Let’s see how this turns out in bottle.