2022 Domaine Genot Boulanger Volnay

Four adjoining parcels at the foot of the slope southeast of Volnay, directly below the 1er Cru Les Roncerets, make up this 2022 Domaine Genot Boulanger Volnay. "Les Echards" and "Les Joueres" were planted in the 1950s and "Les Aussy" and "Cros Martin" in the 1980s, which is why the domaine bottles it as Vieilles Vignes. The Meursault estate was founded in 1974, and Aude and Guillaume Lavollee, the fourth generation, have farmed it organically since 2008, with every cuvee certified from the 2018 vintage. Silty soil over limestone gives a medium bodied, spicy Volnay with bright acidity. The reds are made by gentle infusion: the fruit is fully destemmed and fermented with native yeasts while the cap of skins stays submerged in the juice, with no punch-downs or pump-overs, then aged 12 months in barrel with only 10 to 15 percent new oak and six more in tank, and bottled without filtration.