The vineyards are carved out of Jurassic rock from the quaternary period (think Gevrey Chambertin in the Côte de Nuits) and are hand-harvested. Grapes are thinned in the vineyard and then several times on the sorting table. The resulting wine is a stunner and one that will last for decades. Bright strawberry on the nose, the palate is defined by a bevy of small fruits: raspberries, blueberries – just to name a few. Light spices trickle to the foreground as the wine opens up, each subtle and then giving way to the next: cinnamon, mint, violets… But more remarkable will be what happens as it ages – the firm tannins will ease up and notes of chestnut and dried plums will come to the forefront all still buttressed by bright fruits and a touch of pepper.
Vincent Girardin Santenay Terre d’Enfance 2018
Santenay at the southernmost tip of the Cote de Beaune is like no other region in Burgundy. First of all, the orientation is much more East/West before the turn at Chassagne-Montrachet opens up to the rest of the Cote de Beaune.
Second, the terroir is much more diverse than the rest of Burgundy with a few very, very special plots featuring soils similar to Graves in Bordeaux and a precious few more akin to the top Grand Cru of Cotes du Nuits like today’s wine.
Santenay is an area where a little home-field advantage goes a long way which is exactly what we have with Vincent Girardin. This is where he grew up – the fields where his boyhood imagination ran wild.
So perhaps his parents shouldn’t have been so shocked when in 1980 at the age of 19 he made the decision to stop selling to the big boys and take the two hectares of family vines in Santenay and began making wine under the family name. A decade of experiments and then the addition of winemaker Eric Germain – the maison really hits its stride.
Vincent used his neighborhood connections to source grapes from some of the best small growers in the region for this wine. That’s why he calls it Terre d’Enfance or childhood lands. That’s also why the price is so reasonable. Sourced from vineyards aged 45+ years, this is no baby Santenay, it’s just got a tiny price tag for what’s in the bottle. In fact, despite the high-flying prices on many of his cru wines, this is considered Vincent’s flagship wine and he wouldn’t have it any other way.
$75.00 Original price was: $75.00.$40.00Current price is: $40.00.
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