Pierre-Vincent Girardin founded his own domaine in Meursault in 2016, at nineteen, on parcels handed down by his father Vincent Girardin. He is the 13th generation of a Burgundian winemaking family; his first vintage was released in 2017.

He farms around five hectares of his own vines, completed by fruit bought from long-standing growers, with the estate set to reach ten hectares and complete its conversion to organic farming by 2026.

The signature is restraint. Ageing takes place in large-format barrels, which slow the exchange with the wood and keep the oak out of the way. The wines are built on tension and precision rather than richness — one of the most closely watched young names in the Côte de Beaune.

Les Perrières is the premier cru most often called Meursault’s grand cru in all but name — a stony, shallow-soiled site whose whites trade the village’s usual butter for stone and salt.

It is the natural home for this house style: hazelnut and white peach lifted by citrus and flint, a chiselled mineral palate, and a finish that goes on well after the fruit has gone. One of the domaine’s benchmark bottlings, in tiny quantity.