Vincent Girardin Santenay Vieilles Vignes 2023 domaine-michel-noellat Champagne-style wine

Champagne-style wine

Fortuna Terrae means luck of the land in Latin

A delicate spice appears and a tiny glance of slightly mineral tinned apricots reveal themselves

Fermented entirely with naturally occurring yeast

000 vines per hectareTraining system: GuyotFermentation and maceration: In temperature-controlled tanks with indigenous yeasts for at least 2 weeksAgeing: In Troncais and Allier barrels for 18 months

Vincent Girardin Santenay Vieilles Vignes 2023 domaine-michel-noellat Champagne-style wineThe grapes come from the vineyards from the village of Santenay in the Cte de Beaune, where Vincent Girardin is born. This is a historic wine and flagship one from the Maison Vincent Girardin. The vines are 45+ years old. The soil is clay and mostly limestone. Gentle sloping. Despite the fact that the vineyards are in the south of the Cote de Beaune, the terroirs are in fact very similar for Gevrey Chambertin in the Cote de Nuits. Hand picked,