Domaine Georges Glantenay Volnay Vieilles Vignes 2022 (750ml)

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Producer	Domaine Georges Glantenay
Country	France
Region	Burgundy
Subregion	Cote de Beaune
Varietal	Pinot Noir
Vintage	2022
Sku	14365
Size	750ml

 

BH

89-91

The palate is fresh with crunchy red fruit, slightly brittle in texture with a Pommard-inspired structure towards the finish.

Although the Georges Glantenay estate goes back five generations, their history as a estate-bottler of fine Burgundy is more recent. Prior to 2014 when the current generation, Brother-Sister team of Guillaume and Sarah Glantenay took over, most of the production was sold either as grapes or as wine in bulk. Since then, they have been progressively taking back their own production as contracts expire. The estate comprises some 10 HA of vines among 16 different appellations mostly in Volnay and Pommard but also some in Chambolle-Musigny from vineyards inherited from their grandmother’s family.

One of the unique and remarkable facts about the Domaine is that much of the family’s holdings have very old vines. Guillaume and Sarah’s grandfather, Georges, planted a good part of the vineyards in the 50’s and 60’s. So today, the average vine age for the Domaine is over 60 years!

A slightly riper nose features liqueur-like notes of dark berries, violet, rose petal and anise hints. There is better density if not quite the same refinement to the delicious medium-bodied flavors that display focused power on the chalky, youthfully austere and noticeably more structured finale. This is quite different from the straight Volnay and while it will probably prove to be the better wine, that will likely only be at full maturity.