VINCENT GIRARDIN
2007 BOURGOGNE
CUVÉE SAINT-VINCENT
PINOT NOIR
Shows a good deep color, but not opaque.
A dusty, earthy nose with blackberries. On
the palate, black fruit. Jammy, easy, silky.
Low in tannin, a little bit extracted. Smoke
and earth on the finish. 15.7/20
2007 EMOTION DE TERROIRS
PINOT NOIR
Deeper in color. A little bit of reduction.
Toasty oak nose along with black fruits.
Rounder on the palate, with more intensity
than the Saint-Vincent. Jammy, still very
smoky; herbal with minerals and pine
forest components. Racy acid on the finish.
16.5/20
2007 SANTENAY
TERRE D’ENFANCE
100% from 60 year-old vines. Deep color.
Red fruits on the nose, more ripe than the
previous wines. Earthy, soil components
and toasty peanuts on the nose. Thick,
dark chocolate on the palate, has quite a
kick. Very raisined smoke notes. Rustic, no
tannins, but lots of acid. A lush mid-palate.
Coffee and tobacco on the finish. 17/20
2007 SANTENAY
PREMIER CRU LA MALADIÈRE
Deep in color. A milk chocolate nose and
tobacco on the palate. More classy than
the villages Santenay. Firm acidity, juicy,
smoky, high acids. Red licorice and other
citric components, burnt orange on the
mid-palate. Finishes with a rustic Santenay
character. 17.2/20
2007 SANTENAY
PREMIER CRU LA COMME
Deep color. Milk chocolate and black
licorice on the nose, ripe and roasted.
On the palate, juicy, fairly concentrated,
succulent. Some tiny tannins but more acid
than tannic. Less round than the Maladière,
but a little classier. A juicy, strawberry jam
finish. 17.4/20
2007 SANTENAY
PREMIER CRU LES GRAVIÈRES
VIEILLES VIGNES
Deep color like all the others. Burnt toast
on the nose, vegetal. Candied strawberry
fruit, velvet tannins and very racy milk
chocolate acids that freshen up the wine.
Meaty on the mid-palate, peanut oil, a little
salty, a smokehouse peanut finish. 17.6/20
2007 SAVIGNY-LES-BEAUNE
PREMIER CRU LES VERGELESSES
A little less dark in color than the Gravières.
Milk chocolate on the nose; very perfumed,
with more oak than the previous wines and
some vanilla bean as well. On the palate,
less intense than the Gravières, more juicy
but less compact. Strawberry candy, red
licorice, easy – no tannins – but lively acids
on the finish. 17.5/20
2007 MONTHELIE
PREMIER CRU LES RIOTTES
375 cases. 40 year-old vines. One source.
Typical black color, even darker than the
others. A ripe nose of candied licorice, floral,
very elegant. A little bit of tar. On the palate,
more oak elements with a lacy texture, all in
finesse. Dark chocolate, quite fine meaty
raisined fruit on the finish. 17.9/20
2007 CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET
PREMIER CRU CLOS SAINT JEAN
A little lighter in color than the other wines.
A roasted coffee tobacco nose. A good
amount of oak, spicy forest elements on
the nose. On the palate, some vegetal, high
acid elements – more acid than fruit for
the moment. Very coffee-like with milk,
milk chocolate, malted milk on the finish.
17.5/20
2007 VOLNAY VIEILLES VIGNES
A rustic nose of earth and forest, cracked
pepper and a bit of raisined fruit. On the
palate, smoke and more raisins, chocolatecovered Milk Duds. Floral, minty and black
chocolate flavors. Nice persistent acidity
and a smoky, oaky toasted finish. 17.8/20
2007 VOLNAY
PREMIER CRU LES SANTENOTS
Black in color. An oaky nose with coffee
and tobacco. On the palate, rich and dense,
quite oaky but with adequate fruit to
balance. Black licorice and cherry candy;
big, intense, dense fruit. Black chocolate
and smoke on the finish. 18.2/20
2007 BEAUNE PREMIER CRU
LES BRESSANDES VIEILLES VIGNES
Good color. Egg custard on the nose, along
with milk chocolate and candy, too. No
tannins on the palate, round fruit – very
cherry cola, sweet and sour, not nearly as
dense as some of the others but it is quite
elegant with a floral finish. 17.7/20
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VINCENT GIRARDIN
2007 POMMARD LES VIGNOTS
Deep color – opaque. A classy nose of
chocolate-covered raisins. Some vegetal
elements on the palate. Very smoky, rustic,
lacks a mid-palate and has a slight bitterness.
Minty, some salt and pepper. More tannin
than all the other wines. A mineral finish.
17.5/20
2007 POMMARD PREMIER CRU
LES GRANDS EPENOTS
VIEILLES VIGNES
A powerful, rustic nose of forest floor; oaky,
roasted leather aromas. On the palate the
fruit is very ripe, full-bodied and creamy with
lots of oak but plenty of rich fruit to balance.
Very long, powerful and lush with lingering
acids and no tannins, but power and finesse.
Very Pinot, a classy finish. 18.3/20
2007 CORTON PERRIÈRES
GRAND CRU
Deep in color, more crimson than purple.
The ripest nose so far, also the oakiest;
charred leather and very raisined. On the
palate, very Corton – black cherry, meaty,
velvet-textured, round. Very viscous, oily
and quite oaky. Strong acids. Black cherry
sourball candy with high acids on the finish.
18.2/20
2007 CORTON BRESSANDES
GRAND CRU
Dense color. A very oaky, toasted nose,
along with peanut brittle. The palate shows
coffee and smoky tobacco. Round, quite
rich, sweet and candied chocolate-covered
candy – Raisinettes. Dense, with coffee and
chocolate. Lively acidity, raisined and quite
oaky on the finish. 18.1/20
2007 CORTON RENARDES
GRAND CRU
Deep in color, but not purple. A foxy, classy
nose, with tobacco and coffee, too. Leafy,
very floral. Quite powerful, the richest of the
three Corton wines. Milk chocolate, menthol
and black cherry. Powerful and classy, lots of
cherry syrup on the finish. 18.4/20
2007 GEVREY-CHAMBERTIN
PREMIER CRU
LAVAUX ST. JACQUES
150 cases, one purchase. 55 year-old vines.
Black in color with crimson edges. Very,
very oaky, with rustic elements. Quite acidic
on the palate along with candied lemon and
2007 GEVREY-CHAMBERTIN
burnt orange. More tannin than with the
VIEILLES VIGNES
Cazetières. Opulent and floral, some peach
Light in color compared to the domaine’s character. Very lively acidity, sweet and sour
other wines, nice class though. Burnt cream, fruit punch; black licorice and lots of tobacco
lots of creamed coffee. On the palate, some and licorice on the finish. 18.6/20
raisin bran, tea leaves and burnt cream.
Elegant. Strong acids but silky at the same 2007 CHARMES-CHAMBERTIN
time, a lovely Pinot expression. 17.9/20
GRAND CRU
Not too dark in color. Very ripe on the nose,
2007 CHAMBOLLE-MUSIGNY
very finessed. Black fruit, chocolate, licorice,
VIEILLES VIGNES
tarry. Round, raisined, super silky fruit, all
A floral nose, very much a Chambolle in class. Smoky peanut, quite expansive,
perfume. Toasty peanuts and black licorice. lingering flavors. Minty and sweet black
On the palate, smoke and earth. Nice chocolate finish. 18.8/20
balance, no tannin. Milk chocolate and
candy; and easy velvet texture and a smoky, 2007 CLOS DE VOUGEOT
oaked finish. 18/20
GRAND CRU
Very deep color. The classiest nose so far
2007 VOSNE-ROMANÉE
– a real grand cru. Pure Pinot, too. On the
VIEILLES VIGNES
palate, lots of oak, lots of thick silky texture.
Less expressive on the nose than the Ripe, fairly tannic fruit, but the tannins melt
Chambolle. Orange cream and floral in your mouth with the high levels of acidity.
elements on the nose. On the palate, tobacco Meaty, like candy and fruit paste jam. A
and leather. Sweet, round and candied. Less raisined tobacco finish. 18.7/20
acid than all of the other wines. Smoky,
toasty bread and butter. Easy-drinking with 2007 ECHÉZEAUX GRAND CRU
perfumed tannins on the finish. 17.7/20
Black in color. A raisined nose; very, very
ripe, very extracted. A classy nose. Raisins,
2007 GEVREY-CHAMBERTIN
chocolate, licorice; massive, powerful, long,
PREMIER CRU LES CAZETIÈRES
long flavors, the best so far. Rich, with lively
Deep color, almost opaque. Very oaky, with acids, all in finesse. Milk chocolate, luscious
lots of tobacco and coffee. Quite creamy on orange peel perfume, floral. Bursting acidity.
the palate and thick with no tannin, but rich A ripe, roasted finish – very fine. 19..1/20
in body. Massive chocolate cherry and cream
fruit and lots of frothy, foamy milk. Dense
and oily-textured, with milk chocolate and
smoke the finish. 18.5/20
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VINCENT GIRARDIN
2007 CHAMBERTIN GRAND CRU
An earthy, rustic nose, toasty and quite oaky.
Black licorice. On the palate, less massive
than the Echèzeaux, but has more class.
Liquid Pinot paste, very, very extracted. Lots
of oak but all in finesse, very classy, very fresh
with black licorice on the finish. 18.9/20
2007 CHAMBERTIN-CLOS DE BÈZE
GRAND CRU
The deepest color in the cellar. Spicy peanut
butter nose. On the palate long, long, smoked
toasted candied fruit. Very acid and powerful.
Extremely long licorice flavors, tobacco too.
Very refined and intense with ginger, allspice
and rock salt. A lovely expression of Pinot.
19.3/20
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