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1570: the year Pope Pius V excommunicates Queen Elizabeth I of England. This same year the Girardin family first tended to vines in Santenay. Fast forward nearly 450 years and current head of the domaine is Justin Girardin, the 26 year old son of Jacques Girardin and nephew of his more famous uncle, Vincent Girardin. 13 generations of winemaking coupled with time spent at other Burgundy domaines and classical training at university have set Justin up for immense success. Vincent and Jacque's father Jean Girardin divided up his estate in 1982 to each of his four children. Three of the four: Yves, Vincent and Jacques continued the family tradition of farming and winemaking. Jacques took hold of just 3 hectares of vines in Santenay and Savigny-les-Beaune and today the holdings stretch into Pommard and Chassagne-Montrachet totaling 17 hectares that are organically farmed, though not certified. Jacques handed over the domaine to Justin in 2012, leaving the family holdings in great hands. Justin's philosophy is simple – let nature express itself as much as possible in the vineyard and ultimately the wine, while watching over and respecting the land. So the wine becomes a living product, the fruit of exceptional land and of an age-old expertise, which is renewed and modernized with each generation.