Vincent Giradin Volnay Village 'Vielles Vignes'

Tasting Note

Volnay combines breeding with nobility, delicacy, elegance and feminity. bright ruby, light garnet, its aromas of violet, redcurrant, cherry and with age spices, and cooked prune. Fresh on the palate, warm on the finish, one believes to bite into the fruit and breathe its flesh.

Producer

In May 2012, Vincent Girardin sold his business to Jean-Pierre Nié, the owner of Compagnie des Vins d’Autrefois in Beaune. Jean-Pierre, very sensibly, took the decision not only to retain Eric Germain (head winemaker) and Marco Caschera (sales and exports) but to make them substantial shareholders in the business. As far as we are concerned, nothing has changed.

They continue to work with the highest quality raw materials and Eric Germain continues to make the wines, as he has done for nearly twenty years. Indeed, now that Eric is entirely free from other constraints, we have noticed the wines’ gain in precision over recent vintages! There is no bâtonnage and extended maturation in barrel – a very high proportion of which are demi-muids and larger – gives the white wines greater tension, elegance, energy and purity. The reds are supple, fresh, pure and elegant.

Vincent Giradin Volnay Village 'Vielles Vignes' - Hay Wines