Jean-Jacques Girard Aloxe-Corton Pinot Noir 2013
£39.00
This is why you have to love Burgundy; you can say what you like about the beautiful new world Pinots of Oregon or New Zealand, but do you know when this family began making wine? 1529! Do you know what else was happening in 1529? Henry VIII was trying to negotiate his divorce from Catharine...
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This is why you have to love Burgundy; you can say what you like about the beautiful new world Pinots of Oregon or New Zealand, but do you know when this family began making wine? 1529! Do you know what else was happening in 1529? Henry VIII was trying to negotiate his divorce from Catharine of Aragon! That's right boys and girls, this winery was formed when Henry VIII hadn't even been divorced! Never mind the beheaded, died or the divorced, beheaded, survived. Ann of Cleves was on the cover of Vogue! Greensleeves was top of the chats for the 104th straight week! If Domaine Jean-Jacques Girard can't make a good Pinot there is genuinely no hope for the rest of us. Thankfully they did, here's to 600 years of Burgundian winemakers!
As we may have already stated, the Girards are one of Savigny-les-Beaune’s oldest wine making families. Jean-Jacques is the current custodian of the wine dynasty, who runs the domaine with his wife Agnes and has recently been joined by his eldest son Vincent. The grapes, grown in the world-renowned region of Aloxe-Corton, are hand-harvested before being fermented with wild yeast, for a period of 2 weeks. The wine is then aged in 15% new oak for 15 months. The resulting wine has an aromatic nose of fresh raspberries and stewed dark cherries. Beautifully balanced with both a subtle hint of spice and a crisp refreshing acidity. This wine is drinking beautifully now but could be cellared for a further 5 years.
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£4.95 FREE |
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£11.95 (all order values) |
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£12.95 (all values) |
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£19.95 (all values) |
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£9.95 |
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