Domaine Vincent Girardin Montrachet Grand Cru 2021 Bouteille (75cl)
The 2021 Domaine Vincent Girardin Montrachet Grand Cru is a white Burgundy wine from the Montrachet appellation, crafted exclusively from Chardonnay. This Grand Cru comes from vines located in the commune of Puligny-Montrachet, with eastern and southern exposures, planted on shallow soils alternating between marl, marly limestone, and stones. The grapes are hand-harvested and sorted, then the wine is fermented in French oak barrels using indigenous yeasts and bacteria. Aging on the fine lees lasts for 18 months, without batonnage.
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
- Montrachet
- Producteur / Domaine
- Domaine Vincent Girardin
- Parcelle / Cru
- 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.
Montrachet
Montrachet is a physically delimited climat and Grand Cru appellation shared between Puligny-Montrachet and Chassagne-Montrachet. Its vines occupy a narrow, elongated strip, perpendicular to the slope, in a slight concavity in the lower part of the east- and southeast-facing hillside. The terroir combines red, clayey, calcareous, and very stony soils with Jurassic substrates differentiated by a fault. Its rapid drainage and nocturnal air drainage limit humidity and frost risks.
- Vineyard commune
- Puligny-Montrachet et Chassagne-Montrachet
- Origin of the vineyard name
- The name comes from "Mont Rachet," understood as "bald mountain" or "barren mountain," probably referring to the sparsely vegetated promontory overlooking the site; "râche" is a regional term designating ringworm or scurf.
- Exposure
- East to southeast
- Altitude
- 250–270 m
- Slope
- Lower part of the hillside; strip perpendicular to the slope
- Soil
- Red, clayey, calcareous, very stony, and well-structured soils; locally lean and very stoney soils.
- Subsoil and geology
- Fault separating two sectors; Oxfordian marls rich in iron oxides over Bajocian/Callovian flaggy limestones, with locally highly fragmented Bathonian limestones.
Le domaine dans cette parcelle
- Indicative vine age
- Average age of the vines indicated as 50 years by the official Montrachet Grand Cru technical sheet.
Histoire de la parcelle
The cru is attested as early as the 13th century in the form "Mont Rachaz." It truly took off in the 18th century under the impetus of the Clermont-Montoison family, lords of Chagny, and Thomas Jefferson placed it on par with Chambertin in 1787. Puligny and Chassagne appended the name Montrachet to their village names in 1878. A Beaune court ruling defined the appellation of origin in 1921, and the Montrachet AOC was subsequently recognized on July 31, 1937.
