Domaine Jean-Jacques Girard
Les Mitans Volnay 1er Cru Pinot Noir
Volnay, Côte de Beaune, Burgundy, France
Stunning and generous nose. Spicey cherry, macerated cherries, mid season, clove, cinnamon, cardamon, pomegranite and so much more. Such an evocative nose and super fragrant. Gorgeous, detailed minerality. Palate is so decadent with unreal sweet fruit that is kinky and confectionary. So juicy and sleek. Amazing, sweet and velvety tannins. Juicy and so tangy with just the most outrageous inner mouth sweetness and florals. This is so brilliant. Girard really stepped it up in 2023. This is such a refined wine and from an often forgotten about 1er Cru. The tannins are remarkable and substantial but man are they sleek and sweet. Some plum skin, black cherry now with air but my god the sweetness is literally insane. 9.6 for now. Let’s see where this goes. I can’t get over this nose. It’s just to kinky and exotic. It smells like a carnival. In Volnay.
Stunning and generous nose. Spicey cherry, macerated cherries, mid season, clove, cinnamon, cardamon, pomegranite and so much more. Such an evocative nose and super fragrant. Gorgeous, detailed minerality. Palate is so decadent with unreal sweet fruit that is kinky and confectionary. So juicy and sleek. Amazing, sweet and velvety tannins. Juicy and so tangy with just the most outrageous inner mouth sweetness and florals. This is so brilliant. Girard really stepped it up in 2023. This is such a refined wine and from an often forgotten about 1er Cru. The tannins are remarkable and substantial but man are they sleek and sweet. Some plum skin, black cherry now with air but my god the sweetness is literally insane. 9.6 for now. Let’s see where this goes. I can’t get over this nose. It’s just to kinky and exotic. It smells like a carnival. In Volnay.
May 19th, 2025Stunning wine. Nose is all violets. Black cherry, spice, discreet oak. Needs to open. This nose is insane after air. Violets galore and unreal vivid earth. Tree bark, some fresh leaves. It’s such a vin de terroir.
But that palate is wow. Stunning texture and purity with black cherry fruit inflected with violets. Amazing balance, nimbleness and depth. Such sweet tiny berry intensity. Lipstick like intensity now on the nose. Stunning wet earth notes and just so complete. More soon. That palate is sick! So round. Orb like. Such fine tannins and great acidity. Def needs some age but I had to taste it. Juicy and long and gets to every nook and cranny. Wow is this long. Black cherries and my god the tiny berry fruit intensity is remarkable. Genius but will open more. Nose is heaven after 4 hours. Complex, layered and ethereal. Psycho. Palate is so sweet, elegant and intense. But soft as well. Concentrated. fresh and sappy. So supple and sweet. Amazing stuff. 9.5 to 9.6. Big tannins ensure a long life.
Stunning wine. Nose is all violets. Black cherry, spice, discreet oak. Needs to open. This nose is insane after air. Violets galore and unreal vivid earth. Tree bark, some fresh leaves. It’s such a vin de terroir.
But that palate is wow. Stunning texture and purity with black cherry fruit inflected with violets. Amazing balance, nimbleness and depth. Such sweet tiny berry intensity. Lipstick like intensity now on the nose. Stunning wet earth notes and just so complete. More soon. That palate is sick! So round. Orb like. Such fine tannins and great acidity. Def needs some age but I had to taste it. Juicy and long and gets to every nook and cranny. Wow is this long. Black cherries and my god the tiny berry fruit intensity is remarkable. Genius but will open more. Nose is heaven after 4 hours. Complex, layered and ethereal. Psycho. Palate is so sweet, elegant and intense. But soft as well. Concentrated. fresh and sappy. So supple and sweet. Amazing stuff. 9.5 to 9.6. Big tannins ensure a long life.