Visit to Domaine Jean-Marc Vincent – Tasting the 2022s from Cask

One of the best visits I had in 2017 was to Domaine Jean-Marc Vincent in Santenay. Several friends had been encouraging me to visit Jean-Marc and his wife Anne-Marie to taste their lovely wines. Sometimes I’m a bit slow, but I finally felt compelled to arrange a visit in connection with expanding the scope of my Burgundy coverage.

I actually have a soft spot for Santenay; and now I also have great admiration for Domaine Jean-Marc Vincent. The Vincents are such lovely people they must make lovely wines, I thought before tasting a drop. And right I was.

Jean-Marc and Anne-Marie Vincent

Jean-Marc Vincent is talkative, enthusiastic, and open-minded. He is not afraid to try new initiatives and methods, or to take advice to improve the quality of his wines. I know some of the vignerons in his network quite well; it’s always a treat to visit these estates as they do a variety of experiments, sharing results and findings with each other, and often with visitors.

A local estate with great class

Domaine Jean-Marc Vincent is a local estate, re-created by Jean-Marc and Anne-Marie with vineyards mostly originating from Jean-Marc’s grandfather, André Bardollet-Bravard, who retired in 1970. The family has been present in Santenay for centuries.

The current estate was formed in 1997, when Jean-Marc took over the first of his grandfather’s vineyards. Since then he has rebuilt the family’s domaine, gradually retrieving the vines that had been rented out via metayage agreements.

The domaine farms primarily local vineyards, and makes some tremendously enjoyable wines.

Tasting notes from the visit on July 25

The 2022 vintage has been a blessing to Domaine Jean-Marc Vincent, as it produced both fine quality and ample amounts of juice.

As said before, I really like these wines. They appeal to me, they “talk” to me with their good energy.

Jean-Marc Vincent Bourgogne Blanc 2022

The 2022 Bourgogne Blanc is a tremendous glass, intense and lively. As one would expect from Jean-Marc, it has fine, pure fruit with a cool, expressive note. What can I say? This is joy for your palate.

(Drink From 2024) – Very Good (87-88p) – tasted 25/07/2023

Jean-Marc Vincent Santenay 2022

I have more experience with white Santenay now than I did five years ago when I was first at this domaine – goodness me, how time flies! With lovely salinity as usual, this is delicate, with tremendous liveliness. I adore these wines.

(Drink From 2024) – Very Good (88p) – tasted 25/07/2023 –

Jean-Marc Vincent Santenay Les Vignes Denses 2022

Santenay Les Vignes Denses is quite a big step up; what a gorgeous wine! Planted at 14,000 vines per hectare, there is hence quite a bit of concentration, with some of the intensity of high-density planting we know from Hubert Lamy. This is well balanced; the high-density element does not overwhelm. It is a great Santenay, period, using an inventive way to create a new, intense, and exciting wine.

(Drink From 2026) – Good (90p) – tasted 25/07/2023 –

Jean-Marc Vincent Auxey-Duresses Blanc 2022

And now to something different: a white Auxey-Duresses from mineral soil, with good intensity. Auxey-Duresses is overlooked, despite being Meursault’s next-door neighbour, and this wine shows lovely minerality, both on the nose and the palate, and reminds me of the upper parts of the slope in Meursault. Somehow, Jean-Marc Vincent manages to get high quality levels from these “lesser” wines. He is helped by the old vines in this cuvee; 85 years old and blasting with minerals. It has a cool, exotic nose to show off in its youth.

(Drink From 2024) – Very Good (89-90p) – tasted 25/07/2023 –

Jean-Marc Vincent Santenay Le Beaurepaire 2022

This is higher on the slope above the village, and more on the refined and rich side; not quite the mineral oomph of the more densely constituted les Gravieres. It is more limestone driven thanks to the shallower soil, and that gives a delicate minerality. What a delight.

(Drink From 2028) – Very Good (90p) – tasted 25/07/2023 –

Tasting Notes for this producer

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