Domaine Girardin Batard Montrachet 2021 Bouteille (75cl)
The Domaine Vincent Girardin Bâtard-Montrachet 2021 is a white Burgundy wine made 100% from Chardonnay, classified as a Grand Cru. This cuvée comes from vines located in the Bâtard-Montrachet climat, straddling the communes of Puligny-Montrachet and Chassagne-Montrachet. The estate practices manual harvesting with sorting on the vine, then ages the wine for 18 months on its fine lees in French oak barrels, without batonnage, using 15 to 20% new oak. The producer's tech sheet describes a powerful and persistent white, crafted to age over time.
La bouteille proposée
- Size
- Bottle (75cl)
- Packaging
- Loose
- Label Condition
- Perfect
- Fill Level
- Perfect
- Capsule Condition
- Perfect
Identité du vin
- Couleur
- White
- Pays
- France
- Région
- Bourgogne
- Appellation
- Puligny Montrachet
- Producteur / Domaine
- Domaine Vincent Girardin
- Parcelle / Cru
- Bâtard-Montrachet (Puligny Montrachet)
- Millésime
- 2021
Cépage et assemblage
- Grape Variety
- 100% Chardonnay
Domaine Vincent Girardin
Maison Vincent Girardin is a Burgundy wine house based in Meursault, founded in 1980. It produces wines from the Côte de Beaune, sourced both from its own vineyards and through supply partnerships. Since 2012, it has been owned by Jean-Pierre Nié and the Compagnie des Vins d’Autrefois; Éric Germain oversees the winemaking.
- Owner
- Jean-Pierre Nié / Compagnie des Vins d’Autrefois
- Maître de chais
- Éric Germain
Histoire du domaine
Vincent Girardin, from a family of winegrowers in Santenay that has been established in the region since the 17th century, began his career in 1980 with the two hectares of vines passed down by his parents. He gradually expanded his estate, focusing mainly on white and red wines from the Côte de Beaune. During the 1990s, he expanded this operation by purchasing grapes from partner winegrowers in order to broaden the estate’s range. Éric Germain joined the business in the early 2000s to take charge of winemaking. The winery then shifted its focus towards expressing the terroirs and adopting minimal-intervention winemaking techniques. In 2012, Vincent Girardin sold his business to Jean-Pierre Nié, chairman of the Compagnie des Vins d’Autrefois in Beaune. The technical team remained in place following this handover, and Éric Germain continued to oversee winemaking. The Vincent Girardin company is now chaired by Jean-Pierre Nié, whilst Éric Germain also serves as its managing director.
Bâtard-Montrachet (Puligny Montrachet)
Bâtard-Montrachet is both a Grand Cru appellation and a physically demarcated climat, shared between Puligny-Montrachet and Chassagne-Montrachet. It occupies the lower part of the slope, exposed mainly to the east and south-east, at around 240 to 250 metres of altitude. Its brown limestone soils are thicker and more clayey towards the foothill, with clay colluvium relatively poor in stones. The substrate consists mainly of platy limestones from the Middle Jurassic, attributed to the Callovian.
- Vineyard commune
- Puligny-Montrachet et Chassagne-Montrachet
- Exposure
- east to south-east, with a southern component
- Altitude
- 240–250 m
- Soil
- Relatively thick and clayey brown limestone soils; clay colluvium with few stones.
- Subsoil and geology
- Platy limestones from the Middle Jurassic, mainly Callovian.
Le domaine dans cette parcelle
- Indicative vine age
- Average age of the vines indicated by the estate: 50 years.
Histoire de la parcelle
The "Bâtard" climat was already distinguished from Montrachet in the 18th century, although its wines were long assimilated with those of Montrachet. A 1921 judgment consecrated the use of the name "Bâtard-Montrachet" and the local hierarchy of grand crus. The AOC was recognized by the decree of 31 July 1937; its plot area was initially demarcated in 1939, then approved by the INAO in 1988 for Chassagne-Montrachet and in 1989 for Puligny-Montrachet.
