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Thierry Glantenay

Overview

Volnay domaine producing wines with focus on premier crus.

Appellations

Key Wines

  • Volnay premier crus — including Brouillards and Mitans
  • Village Volnay

Style Notes

Thierry Glantenay produces focused, terroir-driven wines from Volnay premier crus. The style emphasizes the appellation’s characteristic silkiness and perfume.

2023 Vintage Notes

Visited January 2025. Full range produced in the generous 2023 vintage. Premier crus showed the vintage’s characteristic richness combined with Volnay’s elegant, silky character.

2024 Vintage Notes (Burghound #102)

Note: Burghound lists this as “Domaine Georges Glantenay” with Guillaume Glantenay (the young generation) conducting the tasting. Yields varied wildly: 17–40 hl/ha in pinot (average ~27 hl/ha). Potential alcohols 12–13%. Used 25–30% whole clusters for some wines, none for others; Feusselottes saw 100%. Bottled without fining or filtration (Bourgogne excepted) under Diam composite cork. The domaine now also has holdings in Chambolle-Musigny.

2024 Scores (mixed barrel/bottle):

  • Volnay “Les Brouillards” 1er: (90-93) — gorgeously textured, intense, mineral-driven; sufficiently backward to need patience
  • Volnay “Les Santenots” 1er: (90-93) — from Santenots du Milieu; succulent, powerful, robust; “classic Santenots, expressly suited to age”
  • Volnay “Robardelle” 1er: (90-92) — lacy, velvet-textured; “pretty much textbook Robardelle”
  • Volnay Vieilles Vignes: 90 (bottled) — 60–92 year old vines; “excellent Volnay villages and worth your interest”
  • Volnay (villages): 89 (bottled) — “lovely and very Volnay in character”
  • Volnay “Le Ronceret” 1er: (89-92) — caressing, seductive; finesse and delicacy; touch of warmth on finish
  • Chambolle-Musigny (villages): (88-90) — lacy, rich, beguiling texture
  • Chambolle-Musigny “Feusselottes” 1er: (88-91) — mildly reduced; refined, stony finale; needs benefit of doubt
  • Pommard (villages): 88 (bottled) — perfumed; succulent
  • Pommard “Les Rugiens Hauts” 1er: (87-89) — new conical wood fermenter; dominated by oak; inconsistent with Glantenay style
  • Pommard “Les Combes Dessus” 1er: 87 (bottled) — reduced; lacks freshness; “pretty awkward”
  • Bourgogne Côte d’Or “Maison Dieu”: 86 (bottled)

My Tastings

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Sources

  • sources/articles/VFTC/VFTC Jan-Feb 2025 #115.txt
  • sources/articles/VFTC/VFTC Jan-Feb 2026 #121.pdf
  • sources/articles/Burghound/Burghound Issue 102 - 2024 and 2023 Cote de Beaune Reds.txt

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