BR01704

Santenay 1er cru Les Gravières Rouge, Vincent Girardin 2004



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75cl ALC 13.5%

Rich with dense black cherries, very well balanced with ripe tannins and freshness offsetting the concentration. This wine comes from Vincent Girardin's home village of Santenay, although he has now moved into large premises in Meursault.


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France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune

Still Red

100% Pinot Noir

Medium-bodied

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2004

Duck, Pan-fried

13.5%

75cl

Vincent Girardin

We followed Vincent Girardin from the 1988 vintage, through his stratospheric rise from small cellars in Santenay to bigger ones in Meursault with a successful negoçiant business. Some years ago he sold out to Les Vins d’Autrefois and moved away.

The great thing is that the new owners have allowed the existing team to flourish in a way that Vincent perhaps didn’t, letting the talented Eric Germain (son of Henri Germain, our long-time Meursault supplier) get on and make the wines he wants to in his own pure style and using only natural yeasts. They have 21 ha of vines in the domaine, 10 ha owned and 11 ha in a service contract. Grapes from a further 60 ha are bought in, but most of these they harvest themselves. The estate has been using biodynamic methods since 2008, but are without certification and specialise in the Côte de Beaune having ‘withdrawn’ from the Côte de Nuits. Eric has been working hard on the reds, varying the inclusion of stems in the fermentation according to each vintage and has also changed the methods of filtration to soften the tannins. The wines are being marketed successfully by Marco Caschera, whom we have known since his days working with Nicolas Potel.

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