Domaine Justin Girardin - Santenay White 2021
Domaine Justin Girardin is located in Santenay, in the Côte de Beaune in Burgundy . The Girardin family has been present in Burgundy since 1570 and Justin represents the 13th generation to operate the family estate of 17 hectares. The vineyard developed from 1945: many lands were acquired in the form of meadows, fields or wasteland and replanted with vines. Today, the plots extend over the entire Côte de Beaune and the vines are replanted regularly by mass selection. The vineyard is managed according to the principles of biodynamics without certification.
The Santenay Les Terrasses de Bievaux is made from Chardonnay whose average age of the vine is 30 years. After the manual harvest, the grapes are sorted 3 times and then pressed directly. Fermentation begins spontaneously with indigenous yeasts, then the wines are put into barrels as soon as the alcoholic fermentation begins to gain in complexity and obtain better integration of the wood. The malolactic fermentation is carried out in barrels with aging on fine lees. The wine is aged for 12 months in oak barrels from Allier, Vosges and Bertranges: 15% new barrels and the rest from one, two or more wines.
Grape variety: 100% Chardonnay