Volnay
Volnay
A red-only village in the middle of the Côte de Beaune, between Pommard and Meursault. Volnay has no Grand Cru, but it has a long and highly regarded Premier Cru list.
The hierarchy
The leading 1er Crus are Les Caillerets, Clos des Chênes, Taillepieds, Champans, Clos des Ducs and Santenots — the last of which is worth explaining: Santenots lies inside the Meursault commune, but red wine from it is sold as Volnay-Santenots, while white from the same ground is sold as Meursault.
What to expect
Volnay is generally the lightest-framed red in the Côte de Beaune — paler and lower in tannin than Pommard next door. That makes it easy to serve too warm, and easy to assume it will not keep. Good Volnay 1er Cru holds for fifteen years.
Serving
14–16°C. Village level from four years; 1er Cru rewards eight or more, and a short decant on the day.
One more glass
It is worth being precise about what Premier Cru actually classifies in Burgundy, because it is easy to read it as a quality guarantee.
It classifies land. The boundaries were drawn from centuries of observation about which plots ripen best, and they were fixed in law in the 1930s. What they describe is the plot, not the bottle. Two 1er Cru wines from the same vineyard and the same vintage, made by two different growers, can differ more from each other than a careful grower's village wine differs from a less careful grower's 1er Cru.
So the tier reliably tells you two things: the plot's long-run reputation, and the price. It does not tell you that you will prefer what is in the glass. Both names on the label matter — the vineyard and the domaine — and in a commune like Volnay, where the village plots sit directly below the 1er Crus on the same slope, the second name carries a lot of the weight.
Filters
Maison Leroy Volnay Santenots 1er Cru 2010 (1x75cl)
BZIKOT PERE et FILS, Volnay 2018 (1x75cl)
Domaine Roblet Monnot Volnay Saint Francois 2011 (1x75cl)
Vincent Girardin Volnay Vieilles Vignes 2024 (1x75cl)
Comtes Lafon Volnay 1er Cru Santenots du Milieu 2022 (1x75cl)
Francois Buffet Volnay 2022 (1x75cl)
Francois Buffet Volnay 1er Cru Clos des Chenes 2022 (1x75cl)
Louis Latour Volnay 2017 (1x75cl)
Domaine Jean-Marc Boillot Volnay 2021 (1x75cl)
Marquis d'Angerville Volnay 1er Cru Les Champans 2022 (1x75cl)
Francois Buffet Volnay 1er Cru Clos des Chenes 2021 (1x75cl)
Lucien Boillot Volnay 2022 (1x75cl)
Domaine de Montille Volnay 1er Cru Les Mitans 2016 (1x150cl)
Domaine Florent Garaudet Volnay Vieilles Vignes AOC 2020 (1x75cl)
Domaine Nicolas Rossignol Volnay 2017 (1x75cl)
Domaine Roblet Monnot Volnay 1er Cru Taillepieds 2010 (1x75cl)
DOMAINE ROUGEOT Pere et fils, Volnay-Santenots 1er Cru 2020 (1x75cl)
Francois Buffet Volnay 1er Cru Carelle Sous La Chapelle 2018 (1x75cl)
Hospices de Beaune Volnay 1C Santenots Jehan de Massol 2015 (by Faiveley, AWL) (1x75cl)
Jean Marc Bouley Volnay 2019 (1x75cl)
Lucein Le Moine Volnay Santenots 1er Cru Hospices de Beaune Cuvee Gauvain 2011 (1x75cl)
Maison Leroy Volnay 1er Cru Les Angles 1984 (1x75cl)
Marquis d'Angerville Volnay 1er Cru Clos des Ducs 2019 (1x75cl)
Domaine Roblet Monnot Volnay 1er Cru Taillepieds 2011 (1x75cl)
Domaine Roblet Monnot Volnay 1er Cru Taillepieds 2014 (1x75cl)
Domaine Roblet Monnot Volnay 1er Cru Taillepieds 2015 (1x75cl)
Domaine Roblet Monnot Volnay 1er Cru Taillepieds 2016 (1x75cl)
Domaine Roblet Monnot Volnay Les Brouillards 1er Cru 2010 (1x75cl)
Domaine Roblet Monnot Volnay Les Brouillards 1er Cru 2011 (1x75cl)
Domaine Roblet Monnot Volnay Les Brouillards 1er Cru 2014 (1x75cl)
Domaine Roblet Monnot Volnay Piture 1er Cru 2011 (1x75cl)
Domaine Roblet Monnot Volnay Saint Francois 2010 (1x75cl)
Domaine Roblet Monnot Volnay Saint Francois 2015 (1x75cl)
Domaine Roblet Monnot Volnay Saint Francois 2016 (1x75cl)
Domaine Roblet Monnot Volnay Saint Jean 1er Cru 2012 (1x75cl)
Domaine Roblet Monnot Volnay Saint Jean 1er Cru 2013 (1x75cl)
Lucein Le Moine Volnay Santenots 1er Cru Hospices de Beaune Cuvee Jehan de Massol 2011 (1x75cl)
La Pousse D'Or Domaine De La Pousse D'Or Volnay Clos De La Bousse D'Or 1Er Cru 2020 (1x75cl)
COMTE ARMAND, Volnay 1er Cru Les Fremiets 2021 (1x75cl)
Champy Volnay Red Bio 2021 (1x75cl)
Antoine Lienhardt Volnay 1er Cru Santenots 2022 (1x75cl)
Domaine Bernard & Thierry Glantenay Volnay 1er Cru Les Brouillards 2022 (1x75cl)
Domaine Bernard & Thierry Glantenay Volnay 1er Cru Santenots 2022 (1x75cl)
Domaine Bernard & Thierry Glantenay Volnay V.V. 2021 (1x75cl)
Domaine Bernard & Thierry Glantenay Volnay V.V. 2022 (1x75cl)
Marquis d'Angerville Volnay 1er Cru Les Taillepieds 2020 (1x75cl)
Devevey Volnay 2021 (1x75cl)
Domaine de Montille Volnay 1er Cru Les Mitans 2020 (1x75cl)
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