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Jacques Girardin Santenay Beauregard 1er Cru 2013
Burgundy, FranceBeauregard' sits just above the Grand Cru of Santenay, Les Gravières, and comes off 0.93 hectares and produces on average just over 40hl/ha form 45 year-old vines. The wine is aged for some 14 to 15 months in Allier and Vosges French oak barrels of which about 20 percent are new each year. Less pigeage in favour of more pump overs helps to extract the tannins more smoothly and to obtain wines of finesse and delicacy. The nose is a mix of black tea soaked in strawberry juice. The attack is fresh with perfect acidity solid with an earthy, rooty pinot palate and a juicy finish. If you like roots the year Pope Pius V excommunicates Queen Elizabeth I of England (1570) is the same year, the Girardin family first tended to vines in Santenay. Fast forward nearly 450 years and 13 generations to current head of the Domaine Justin Girardin.Tasted: 22 April 2016Tasted by: Anthony GismondiPrices:| BC | $48.99 | 750ml | BCLS |
Grape: Pinot NoirCSPC: 44495UPC: 890138002836
