2016 Vincent Girardin, Volnay Vieilles Vignes

There’s not a lot more that I can add to this offer than what you see above in the name: Old Vines of Pinot Noir, grown in one of the most esteemed Burgundian villages–Volnay, with nine plus years of age and ready-to-rock, and all for just sixty bucks. Boom! Feel free to click and start loading up your cart now. All I can say is that after many mentions (aka complaints) of the rising costs for top tier Burgundy, we can finally say the opposite: How is this price so low?!? The Maison Vincent Girardin and their winemaker Eric Germain are highly respected, and with the possible exception of Chambolle-Musigny, there is no better terroir for elegant, floral, Pinot-to-the max wine heaven than Volnay. That’s the rub, grab what you can before it is gone. In 1980 Vincent Girardin decided that he did want to toil in odd jobs at various familial connections, so instead he founded his own tiny estate by cobbling together five hectares of vines in the Côte de Beaune. He was able to slowly add to t