Girardin/Vincent Volnay 1er cru Santenots 2019

Bill Nanson (Burgundy Report): “Santenots mainly from Plures and Blancs – over 2 hectares of old vines from 1965 and 1975. ‘Usually with very small grapes and all biodynamic.’ All whole cluster. A nose of volume and wc perfume, faintly smoky, impressively inviting. The faintest touch of gas. Very wide, mouth-filling wine. There’s plenty of tannin – but with no grain. A big finish – that will be great too – but what a completely different character – today I’ve an easy preference for the Epenots, but in time as the wc melts into the wine – that could change. (Dec 2020)”