Santenay Premier Cru Rouge, Les Gravières, Vincent Girardin, 2018 - Half-bottle Variant:DUTY PAID with hints of new oak

with hints of new oak which will melt into the wine in a year or so

cloves and peppers

every detail

and citrus notes

often contributing to a more perfumed profile and gentle tannic structure

Santenay Premier Cru Rouge, Les Gravières, Vincent Girardin, 2018 - Half-bottle Variant:DUTY PAID with hints of new oakVincent Girardin's 2018 'Les Gravires' shows the depth and structure this cooler southern Cte de Beaune site can deliver. Sourced from old vine parcels on the famed Les Gravires slopes, where well drained gravelly soils give wines both firm backbone and polished fruit, this wine sees careful levage in French oak with restrained use of new barrels to support, not overwhelm, the terroirs signature character. Aromas of dark cherry, bramble and