The small village of Volnay
Dear wine lovers,
In the South of Beaune, very close to Pommard and Meursault is the village of Volnay*.
Planted on very poor clay and argyle soils, the vines of this village only produce red Volnay and a 15% 1er Crus with the famous Pinot Noir grape.
Mostly known as very elegant, these wines express a red fruit bouquet in the nose like violet, raspberries and a lovely creamy sensation in the mouth. I think they should be drunk young even if the 1er Crus have a better potential to be kept in your cellar. Currently, the 2002 vintage drinks very well as the one I had last Friday with some wild "grives" cooked beside the fireplace.
Most of the wines are very reasonably priced in this small appellation. The ones that I trust the most are Château de la Charrière, Antonin Guyon, Domaine Leroy (very expensive by the way but just great) and my preferred is Hubert de Montille, a great caracter that you will enjoy watching on the very best movie made on wine : Mondovino
Cheers,
Jean-Marc Espinasse
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Update on our vineyard project....
Crazy weather...After almost summer last week, winter is back at its worse visage here : Cold and windy. We have pruned but with much less fun. In the meantime, we have started to receive our first materials and especially this antic vine shoot crusher.
