Volnay 1964 - "Santenots"
- Red
- 75 cl
Volnay "Santenots" 1964 has reached a very nice evolution. For lovers of great wines from the Côte de Beaune, elegant and racy, when ripe. Ligeret
Volnay "Santenots" 1964 has reached a very nice evolution. For lovers of great wines from the Côte de Beaune, elegant and racy, when ripe. Ligeret
Volnay 1964 - "Santenots"
1964 was a very good year for the great red wines of Burgundy, this wine is in its full expression: elegance of the Volnay associated with an ideal ageing, this wine is to be tasted as soon as you buy it.
The year 1964 was a year of very fine wines in Burgundy! Bottle of great red wine from Burgundy 1964 available for sale as a gift to a loved one born this year or to enrich a cellar.
For a birthday or a special occasion, the wine shop Le Bourguignon offers you a bottle of white wine from Burgundy appellation Volnay Santenots from the 1964 vintage. .
This wine has been kept in the cellar in optimal conditions. The transport conditions are adapted to the fragility of old wines: packaging protects the wine from shocks and temperature changes.
Appellation
VillageType of Wine
StillWine Making
Oak casksGrape Variety
Pinot NoirHarvest
ManualBurgundy Region
Côte de BeauneVintage
1964
Volnay, admired for its delicacy, its sap, and its bouquet, has always been thought of as the most feminine of Bourgogne wines. Though certain of its terroirs modify this judgement with more vigorous and muscular versions, it truly does stand out among the red wines of the Côte de Beaune like the lipstick imprint of a kiss... The colour varies from bright ruby to a light garnet.
Its aromas are of violet, gooseberry, cherry, and - with age - spices, game and cooked prune. It has an immediate appeal which, added to a slight natural precocity, means it can be fully open while still relatively young. The attack is fresh, the finish is warm. Drinking this wine, one seems to bite into a fresh fruit and breath in its heady aroma.
Its velvety femininity is matched by its great aromatic intensity. This makes it a predestined partner for sophisticated poultry dishes, patiently roasted and glazed, which can bathe in the fruit and spice aromas of the wine.
Better still, especially for the Premiers Crus, is feathered game, stewed or slowly braised, or simply roasted. In this company the opulence and meaty texture of this great wine work wonders. For the more adventurous, it might accompany a couscous or a tajine with meat or poultry or even both. The intensity of Volnay allows it to blend with distinctly flavoured cheeses.
Serving temperature: 14 to 16°C.
Volnay, perched on the hill of Chaignot high up in the Côte de Beaune, occupies a narrow and steeply sloping site as if to allow more space to the vines. The hill itself is oriented slightly differently from the general run of the country so that the vines face South-East rather than East. These vineyards have been valued and exploited for centuries. Long before the Revolution the harvests of Volnay went to the Knights of Malta, the Abbeys of Saint-Andoche d’Autun and Maizières, or to the Dukes of Bourgogne and their successors, the Kings of France.
The typicity of this red Pinot Noir wine was fixed as early as the 18th century.
It gained its controlled appellation status in 1937. The appellation Volnay is twinned with Volnay-Santenots, grown in neighbouring Meursault on ground equally suited to the Pinot Noir grape.
The oolitic limestone has a superficial similarity to the reddish igneous rock (porphyry) found in the Morvan district. It is pink in colour with pale green inclusions and overlain by banks of schist. At the top of the slope, this limestone predominates. Lower down we find white, chalky-textured argovien limestone. Lower still are reddish Bathonien limestones, pebbly and ferruginous. The soils at the foot of the slope are deeper and more gravelly. Altitudes: 230-280 metres.
Source : https://www.bourgogne-wines.com
The wines vintage old for sale online are derived from the conservation in good conditions.
They will be shipped in specialized containers, avoiding the shocks and protecting them from the temperature changes.
They will make wonderful gifts year of birth for the birthday of a loved one or for an enlightened amateur of wine.