Bernard & Thierry Glantenay, Volnay Vieilles Vignes 2022

As usual including some declassified premier cru fruit, Glantenay's 2022 Volnay Village wafts from the glass with aromas of rose petals, sweet berries and cherries, followed by a medium to full-bodied, supple and suave palate that's layered, pure and harmoniously balanced. The unassuming but passionate Thierry Glantenay continues to produce delicious, sensual wines in his cellars in Volnay. In 2020, he put an end to roganage (trimming the vines) by tractor. instead, Thierry now trims by hand, with shears, letting the canopies grow higher (in emulation of his upstairs neighbor in Les Rugiens, Thomas Bouley). In the winery, Glantenay prefers to let temperature and alcohol do the work of extraction for him, keeping pigéage and rémontage to a minimum during classical macerations in cement vats. He presses gently, and élevage, without racking until the mise en bouteille, takes place in at most 30% new barrels.(WK)

*91 pts Vinous(Jan 2024)*

The 2022 Volnay Vieilles Vignes is completely de-stemmed. Brambly red fruit and light tertiary scents on the nose that sports a minor reduction. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannins, not a complex Volnay, but fresh with fine backbone and respectable mineralité on the finish. *A well-crafted Volnay*.

*91 pts John Gilman (May 2025):*

Thierry Glantenay’s 2022 Volnay “Vieilles Vignes” is really an excellent example of the vintage. The bouquet is pure and precise, offering up scents of red and black cherries, a touch of pomegranate, pigeon, a complex base of dark soil tones, raw cocoa, vanillin oak and a smoky topnote. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied, pure and tangy in personality, with an excellent core of fruit, ripe, buried tannins and superb length and grip on the well balanced finish. Fine juice in the making.

Bernard Thierry Glantenay酒莊是一個位於法國Burgundy 產區的家族經營酒莊，坐落於Volnay和Pommard兩個著名村莊之間，酒莊歷史悠久，世代相傳，以釀造出極具風土特色和細膩優雅的Pinot Noir葡萄酒而聞名。

酒莊特別珍視老藤葡萄園（Vieilles Vignes），這些老藤通常有數十年的歷史，根系深入土壤，能夠吸收更多的礦物質，產生風味更加複雜且富有深度的葡萄。

堅持手工採摘葡萄，並在酿造過程中採用傳統的自然發酵法，以保留葡萄的自然風味和風土特徵。葡萄酒通常在法國橡木桶中進行陳釀，時間為12-18個月不等，部分使用全新的橡木桶，這能夠賦予葡萄酒更多的結構感和複雜度。