Chassagne Montrachet "Vieilles Vignes", Vincent Girardin 2017

Vincent Girardin White Wines

THE SPLENDOUR AND INDIVIDUALITY OF OUR TERROIRS

FRESHNESS AND MINERALITY, THE CLASSIC BURGUNDY STYLE

To obtain the best possible quality, Eric Germain vinifies the wines as naturally as possible.

Maison Vincent Girardin's objective is to capture the splendour and the individuality of our terroirs where, in Burgundy, there is a significant presence of limestone. The characteristics of the soil result in wines with a wonderful freshness and minerality.

The main stages in our work as winegrowers:

In order to give you an idea of the tasks involved, here is an outline of the main stages of our work in Burgundy's vineyards:

- Severe pruning aiming at reducing yield;

- Reasoned farming favouring organic products (copper and sulphur);

- Ploughing, without herbicides or pesticides;

- Work on growing vines (disbudding, trellising), allowing to obtain a better photosynthesis and an optimal health of the grapes;

- manual harvests;

- sorting in the vineyard;

- pressing to obtain slow extraction;

- transfer to casks after a light settling in French oak barrels (between 10 and 35% new barrels depending on the appellation) in which alcoholic and malolactic fermentation take place due to the indigenous yeasts and bacteria (naturally present in the grape juice);

- long maturing on fine lees, for between 14 and 20 months, depending on the wine;

- bottling on site respecting the lunar calendar.