Domaine Pierre Girardin Nuits Saint Georges 1er Cru "Aux Boudots"

Pierre-Vincent Girardin founded his domaine in 2016 — at roughly 19 years old, 13th generation of a Burgundian winemaking family — and immediately made a technical declaration: 100% whole-cluster vinification for all reds from 2021, the very vintage of this Boudots. That decision, combined with little to no pigeage and a cold cellar maintained for juice purity, defines the structural DNA here. Aux Boudots sits at the northern tip of Nuits-Saint-Georges, bordering Vosne-Romanée, on Jurassic marl and marly limestone soils that lend the climat its characteristic iron-flecked depth and finer-grained tannin relative to the harder, stonier southern premiers crus. Aging runs 12 months in standard 228-litre Burgundy barrels at low new-oak percentage, followed by 3 months in tank — a deliberate restraint that keeps wood subordinate to site. Bottling is unfined, unfiltered, and timed to the lunar calendar, with minimal sulphur throughout. The special feature: where most Nuits producers lean into extraction and new oak to amplify Boudots' natural power, Girardin inverts the logic — whole-cluster stems provide structure without pigeage-driven tannin, producing a silkier, more Vosne-adjacent texture. The 2021 vintage, ravaged by spring frost across Burgundy, yielded tiny quantities; the concentration is inherent, not manufactured. Drink 2025–2033.