Domaine Jean-Jacques Girard, Savigny-Lès-Beaune Blanc, Burgundy, France, 2020

Producer Profile

Around five centuries ago, Jean Girard began cultivating vines in Savigny-Les-Beaune. Seven generations later, Jean-Jacques Girard created his own estate to carry on the family tradition of producing wines from some of the most notable villages of the northern Côte de Beaune.

Around five centuries ago, Jean Girard began cultivating vines in Savigny-Les-Beaune. Seven generations later, Jean-Jacques Girard created his own estate to carry on the family tradition of producing wines from some of the most notable villages of the northern Côte de Beaune. Today, the domaine covers 15 hectares, and is cultivated with an agricultural philosophy based on a deep respect for the terroir and the environment, and making wines which combine traditional know-how with new technologies. In 2008 Vincent and François joined Jean-Jacques and his wife Agnès in the vineyards, and so continues this rich family tradition.

Viticulture

Jean-Jacques and Agnès Girard run the family estate with their sons Vincent and François. Over the past 20 years, Jean-Jacques has built the estate into one of Burgundy’s finest and has acquired vineyards in all the top villages of the northern Côte de Beaune. Following the construction of a new winery, the whites are now fermented and aged in separate cellars which has temperature control to allow for greater precision in the vinification and élevage.

Winemaking

A cool fermentation and ageing for just under a year in 25% new 225 litre oak barrels with a small proportion of new oak.

Oak Ageing

Time: 6 Months
Type: 225 Litre
% wine oaked: 100
% new oak: 25

Tasting Note

Fruit from 30 year old vines gives the wine impressive weight and concentration. Rich and intense with attractive peachy fruit and a long, persistent citrus backbone.

Food Matching

The weight and concentration of this wine works well with Crayfish and Langoustine, Goats cheese tart and Pork Filet Mignon.