The best wines of Volnay Premier Cru

Discover the best wines of Volnay Premier Cru of Burgundy as well as the best winemakers of Volnay Premier Cru and estates of Volnay Premier Cru to visit. Explore the popular grape varieties of Volnay Premier Cru and the best vintages to taste in this region.

Top wines of Volnay Premier Cru by region

Looking for a good wine of Volnay Premier Cru of Burgundy among the top wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent wines of Volnay Premier Cru. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be appropriate with these exceptional wines. Learn more about the region and the wines of Volnay Premier Cru with technical and enological descriptions.

Great red wines of Volnay Premier Cru

See the top 100 best red wines of Volnay Premier Cru

Want to buy a red wine of Volnay Premier Cru cheap or sell a red wine of Volnay Premier Cru at the best price on the market? Find out which ones are popular and which ones to keep in your cellar for a few more years.

Food and wine pairing with a red wine of Volnay Premier Cru

Red wines from the region of Volnay Premier Cru go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of barbecue burger, escargots à la bordelaise or rabbit leg in foil on the barbecue.

Organoleptic analysis of red wine of Volnay Premier Cru

On the nose the red wine of the region of Volnay Premier Cru. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, nutmeg or perfume and sometimes also flavors of dark fruit, nutty or cedar. In the mouth the red wine of the region of Volnay Premier Cru. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in red wine of Volnay Premier Cru

  • 1981With an average score of 4.60/5
  • 1990With an average score of 4.40/5
  • 2016With an average score of 4.31/5
  • 1988With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2015With an average score of 4.29/5
  • 2012With an average score of 4.27/5

The most used grape varieties in red wine of Volnay Premier Cru

  • Pinot Noir

The best wineries and winemakers for red wine of Volnay Premier Cru

A wine route planned in the region of Volnay Premier Cru? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of the best red wine of Volnay Premier Cru.

Discovering the wine region of Volnay Premier Cru

The wine region of Volnay Premier Cru is located in the region of Volnay of Burgundy of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Coche-Dury or the Domaine Hospices de Beaune produce mainly wines red. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Volnay Premier Cru are Pinot noir, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Volnay Premier Cru often reveals types of flavors of earthy, toasty or mint and sometimes also flavors of perfume, dark fruit or nutty.

In the mouth of Volnay Premier Cru is a with a nice freshness. We currently count 69 estates and châteaux in the of Volnay Premier Cru, producing 122 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Volnay Premier Cru go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison).

News from the vineyard of Volnay Premier Cru

Platinum: The 97 point wines of DWWA 2022

The largest-ever year for entries, an incredible 18,244 wines were judged at the 2022 Decanter World Wine Awards – with just 163 wines awarded a Platinum medal. ‘Winning a Platinum medal is something really exceptional’ said Decanter World Wine Awards Co-Chair Sarah Jane Evans MW. ‘Platinum is like the stratospheric level’ she commented, ‘so it’s really saying to the winemaker: this is a great wine.’ Making up just 0.87% of the total wines tasted at the 2022 c ...

Ten years on: Chinese wine’s breakthrough moment at DWWA

The prestige attached to winning at the Decanter World Wine Awards (DWWA) means that being awarded a Bronze medal for some wineries will mean huge celebrations in China, Japan, India, or Thailand. Since the competition began in 2004, I have often reminded judges on my panel about this – whether they are journalists, sommeliers, educators, Masters of Wine or Master Sommeliers. Scroll down for new tasting notes and scores on Jia Bei Lan vintages: from the Chinese wine label that won big at DWWA 20 ...

St-Emilion 2012 Classification upheld in court

Bordeaux’s administrative court of appeal has effectively validated the St-Emilion 2012 Classification after rejecting long-standing complaints from three châteaux. France’s national appellation body, INAO, said the decision upholds an original court ruling from 2015. It added the complainants still have two months in which to appeal the judgement, however. Legal challenges to the St-Emilion 2012 Classification have been a feature of the past decade in Bordeaux. INAO said it was ‘reassured’ by t ...