Vincent Girardin, Saint-Romain Vieilles Vignes

Alcohol percentage: 13%

Area:
Saint Romain is one of less well-known villages in the Côte de Beaune. It’s relatively high up (behind Volnay and St Aubin) and produces a lighter, fresher style than its neighbours.

Grape variety:
100% Chardonnay, matured for 14 months in 500 litre oak barrels (10% new)

Producer:
In the words of UK agent, Girardin are: “a small to medium sized negociant business of the highest quality. They have contracts to buy fruit from 85 hectares (55 of which are controlled and harvested entirely by the Girardin team) and have 13 hectares in ownership or fermage.” The Girardin family quite recently sold the business to Jean-Pierre Nié, but he kept on winemaker Eric Germain (head winemaker).

The Bottle Shop rating:
In a warm vintage the ‘lesser’ sites come to the fore – shows a great balance of concentration and acidity.

Please note the last day for guaranteed Christmas delivery is the 19th of December. After this date we unfortunately cannot guarantee that your order will arrive in time for Christmas.