Chassagne-Montrachet Premier Cru 'Clos Saint Jean', Domaine Fontaine-Gagnard 2022 vs Meursault Village Vieilles Vignes, Vincent Girardin 2021
Compare current tracked prices, stockists and core specifications. Meursault Village Vieilles Vignes, Vincent Girardin 2021 currently starts £0.80 lower.
| Availability | In stock | In stock |
|---|---|---|
| Best current price | £77.20 | £76.40 |
| Current stockists | 1 merchant | 1 merchant |
| Producer | Domaine Fontaine-Gagnard | Domaine Vincent Girardin |
| Style | White | White |
| Grape | Chardonnay | Chardonnay |
| Size | 750ml | 750ml |
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Chassagne-Montrachet Premier Cru 'Clos Saint Jean', Domaine Fontaine-Gagnard 2022
The wines from Domaine Fontaine-Gagnard have a clear purity and minerality as well as a lovely weight and richness of fruit. Céline Fontaine and her husband Fred Robert (formerly of Armand Rousseau) specialise in whites, and over the past decade have raised their stock exponentially. Céline has introduced using only natural yeast and prefers to age the top cru’s slightly longer in tank, meaning they age more slowly in bottle than we saw previously. This is a well-regarded estate which has moved into its next epoch and with quality only on the rise, there is a lot to love about all of these wines. "The 2020 is more serious. 2022 is more charming. The reds are like 2019, for the easy ripeness, but the structure is more like 2020. What impresses me about this vintage is the concentration.” Winemaker's notes (worldoffinewine.com)
Meursault Village Vieilles Vignes, Vincent Girardin 2021
Having started with a tiny 3ha back in the 80s, Vincent Girardin now owns 14ha of enviably sited parcels, with another 19ha on lease, and this is practically the first in-house vintage for the Domaine. Head winemaker Eric Germain's steady conversion to biodynamics, earlier picking, reduced usage of new oak and earlier racking into neutral barrels all mean the focus is on terroir expression and energy.
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