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2022 Volnay, Clos de la Cave des Ducs, 1er Cru, Benjamin Leroux, Burgundy
- Red
- Dry
- Medium Bodied
- Pinot Noir
Not ready
(Drink 2027 - 2045)
- Jasper Morris MW
- 90-93/100
- Neal Martin
- 91-93/100
Product: 20221043608
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Description
Ben has the monopole for this 0.5 hectare plot on the outskirts of the village where the hill starts to rise. Thus, the vineyard sees a little less morning and evening sun. There is a good amount of limestone, which imparts a sense of alabaster tannins, moulding the wine into a stylish and quite intellectual example of the commune.
Drink 2027 - 2038
Berry Bros. & Rudd
Colour Red
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2022
Alcohol % 14%
Maturity Not ready
(2027 - 2045)
Grape List Pinot Noir
Body Medium Bodied
Producer Benjamin Leroux
Critics reviews
Jasper Morris MW 90-93/100
A fine mid purple, this is beautifully floral, an ethereal Volnay without massive body. Gains more weight on the second half of the palate, finishes well in a more sensual style. 14% explains the floral and sensual notes.
Drink 2027 - 2035
Drink 2027 - 2035
Neal Martin 91-93/100
The 2022 Volnay Clos de la Cave des Ducs 1er Cru has a more expressive bouquet than the Les Mitans: vivid red cherry and crushed strawberry aromas, lively and energetic. The palate is medium-bodied with a slightly peppery entry, so you would assume there were more than 10-15% stems. Slightly vegetal and quite penetrating with a persistent finish, it’s not a crowd-pleaser, but I find this cerebral.
Leroux poured not his entire range of 50-odd cuvées…but most of them. “We started picking on August 26, and everything came in by September 5,” he tells me at his winery in Beaune, adjacent to the sprawling Albert Bichot buildings. “It was a pretty easy season after 2021, and we didn’t have stress in the vines compared to 2018 or 2019. There was just a bit in the lower parts of Savigny-lès-Beaune.
Almost no sorting, chaptalization, acidification, or stuck fermentation was necessary. We use a pied de cuve from our vineyard to ensure all Saccharomyces. There is occasionally a lack of nitrogen in the vine, but you can correct that. We made four times as much wine for the whites: 40hL/ha instead of 10hL/ha in 2021. Now we are seeing big disparities in alcohol levels between vineyards.”
Drink 2026 - 2038
Drink 2026 - 2038