Vincent Girardin, Puligny-Montrachet "Vieilles Vignes"

Interesting facts

Puligny-Montrachet "Vieilles Vignes" is a classic Chardonnay with bright acidity and fine minerality. Grapes are grown on unique soils, the base of which consists of gravel, marl, conglomerates and lacustrine limestone. The average age of the vines is 65 years. The grapes are harvested by hand. When you create a wine using whole, nerazdavlennoy berries, gently press with a pneumatic press. After settling, the resulting grape juice is fermented and malolactic fermentation in oak barrels. Aging in barrels of French oak for 14 months. Filling is carried out in accordance with the lunar calendar (a day of fruit) after filtration. Puligny-Montrachet "Vieilles Vignes" 2012 is good to drink now and until 2018.Vincent Girardin is the 11th generation of the family Girardin, known for its stunning wines from the XVII century. Vincent Girardin and his wife Veronique, not permanently residing in the côte d'or, was able to create the name of your Domain. Not so long ago, they founded the merchant firm that does not purchase wine or must, but only high-quality grapes.

Tasting Characteristics

The wine is an attractive straw-yellow color.
Elegant and delicate bouquet of the wine captivates with aromas of citrus and ripe yellow fruit in the frame of sensual notes of white flowers.
Powerful, rich and generous wine has a full and lush taste with well-balanced acidity, it has tones of peach and cream shades complement the expressive and complex mineral notes.
Wine will be the perfect pair with shellfish, fish dishes and white meat in creamy sauce.