Vincent Girardin Volnay Les Santenots Premier Cru 2016
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Volnay combines breeding with nobility, delicacy, elegance, and feminity. A delicate violet and berry fragrance. One of the finest representatives of the Co^te de Beaune. The Volnay is in the Co^te de Beaune what the Chambolle-Musigny is in the Co^te de Nuits. A feminine wine which is one of the only Burgundy Pinot Noir you can already enjoy and drink when young.
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The opulence of Volnay at its best shows strongly here. In this wine, generosity and density are balanced by ripe tannins and juicy black fruits. It shows structure as well, with the tannins backing on to the fruit to give it shape and ageworthiness. Drink from 2023. Vineyard Brands.
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Wine Spectator
This elegant red offers expressive cherry, raspberry and spice flavors, turning more linear in profile as it builds to the long, mouthwatering finish, with smoky notes in the aftertaste. The ample tannins should allow this to develop. Best from 2021 through 2035.
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International Wine Cellar
Focused on bright fruit when first poured, this takes several hours to gain its grounding. At first, it’s all cool and lasting cherry, a fleshy wine that builds in potency and harmony as it opens with air. This may prove markedly elegant with several years of age.
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Focused on bright fruit when first poured, this takes several hours to gain its grounding. At first, it’s all cool and lasting cherry, a fleshy wine that builds in potency and harmony as it opens with air. This may prove markedly elegant with several years of age.
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The history of Maison Vincent Girardin is relatively recent. In 1980, at the age of 19, Vincent Girardin, the son of a family of winegrowers based in Santenay since the 17th century, decided to strike out on his own and began producing wine from five acres of vines that he had inherited from his parents. From his earliest youth, Vincent had a passion for working with vines and great respect for the potential that they represent, and his ambition was to produce his own wine. The quality of his wines was quickly recognized by connoisseurs all over the world, and this enabled him to expand his activity, focusing primarily on the great white and red wines of the Côte de Beaune. To cope with the growing demand for his wines, he developed an approach that was new in Burgundy: he purchased grapes from producers who shared the same philosophy and the same high standards. In 2012, Vincent Girardin sold his operation to a long-standing partner of the Maison. Jean-Pierre Nié, President of the Compagnie des Vins d’Autrefois in Beaune, naturally decided to continue with the small team of nine people that had been faithful to the Maison for many years. Today, Eric Germain continues to uphold the style of the wines, and Marco Caschera markets them all over the world.