Description
Brother and sister Guillaume and Sarah Glantenay are the sixth generation of their family to run this domaine, which they took over from their father, Pierre, in 2013. Pierre still works the estate’s eight hectares of vineyard, four of which are in Volnay, while Guillaume runs the new cuverie and Sarah looks after the sales and marketing of the domaine. For those who remember the wines from Pierre’s time, Guillaume has brought a greater elegance to the wines, and a lovely purity of fruit. He uses about 15 to 20% whole-bunch to lift the perfumes and low toast oak to support, rather than mask, these aromas.
The Volnay 1er Cru ‘Les Santenots’, is from a chalky vineyard on the border with Meursault. This wine, 40% of which was aged in new oak, is beautifully scented, with hints of rose petals on the nose and plentiful tannins on the palate that are nicely balanced by the sweet fruit.
Fresh and elegant, this premier cru has aromas of gooseberry, cherry and violets that evolve with time to give notes of cooked fruits, game and spice. It has velvety tannins that lead onto the long finish. `Les Santenots` acquires superb complexity with bottle age.