Appellations
Village · Côte de Beaune
Volnay
red · 210
Pommard's opposite, and the best first serious red Burgundy most people can buy.
Under the vines
Thinner and paler than Pommard, with a higher limestone fraction.
In the glass
Perfumed, silky and approachable, with fine tannin rather than mass.
Why it sits here
Les Santenots, one of its best-known premiers crus, is physically in Meursault.
Commonly misread
That soft means simple. Volnay is precise; it is simply not heavy.
Names worth knowing
Marquis d'Angerville, Comtes Lafon, de Montille, Pousse d'Or, Nicolas Rossignol