Pierre Girardin - Pommard 1er Cru "Grands Epenots" 2023

Pierre Girardin - Pommard 1er Cru "Grands Epenots" 2023This is a very bright and characterful Pommard Epenots. Pierre Vincent Girardin is a 13th generation Burgundian winemaker who grew up among the vines in his fathers Domaine.. Starting his own label with the family holdings of Les Folatires in Puligny Montrachet at the age of 21, he has become a formidable force among young winemakers in Burgundy. Expanding beyond the 4. 5 hectares, his family contacts brought him access to top growers in Puligny

When I tasted the wines had been assembled in tank for imminent bottling

Jean-Marc makes sure that the cellar is wet enough to work on a certain reduction

lemon oil and spring flowers

The Les Vigneaux parcel from which these grapes are picked has vines planted in 1975

bought the “Chateau Maison Blanche” and the “La Marsale” in 1938

The Moulin-à-Vent “Burdelines” is from a vineyard planted on sandy granite and manganese of a salmon hue

The fruit fills the mouth deliciously without any fleshy feel

The palate initially mirrors the nose of fleshy white stone fruits with additional layers of chalky minerality and endless

It is a complex wine that would benefit from a few years of cellaring

citrus blossom

The "Enclave" cuvée of Côte du Rhône comes from within Côte-Rôtie appellation in Bonnivières in the Côte Brune

I love this pristine Chardonnay with a lot of oyster shell minerality