2017 Vincent Girardin Les Vieilles Vignes Savigny-Les-Beaune Burgundy 750 ml

Vincent Girardin was born into a family of winegrowers, with a legacy dating back to the 17th century. But when he took over the family domaine, quality skyrocketed—making Girardin famous among new-wave Burgundy connoisseurs and classicists alike.

His wines appear on wine lists like The French Laundry, Saison, and La Toque—where savvy sommeliers appreciate his fantastic quality and also the value Girardin delivers. Robert Parker clearly agreed when he wrote, “I know of no other producer in Burgundy that can deliver as broad a range of outstanding wines at such reasonable prices.”

In 2017, Girardin was blessed with a vintage that Vinous hailed as “a modern classic”—stress free from budbreak to harvest, with growers across the Côte d’Or thanking their lucky stars—and this vieilles vignes (old-vine) Savigny shows off the mineral intensity and elegance that we’re chasing in top vintages.

Savigny-lès-Beaune had long been a favorite of Burgundy insiders for its fantastic value—driven by the fact that the town sits too far west to pull most wine tourists off D974’s scenic route. Instead, they head from nearby Beaune to Pommard and Volnay, and so Savigny remained a secret until a recent discovery of its virtues—and prices are already starting to creep up.

That makes Girardin’s bottling one of the last of a near-extinct breed. As our Master Sommelier Sur Lucero declared, “red Burgundy like this is seldom under $40…and certainly will not be in the years to come.”